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WITH LOVE FROM EBAUMS WITH LOVE FROM EBAUMS WITH LOVE FROM EBAUMS WITH LOVE FROM EBAUMS WITH LOVE FROM EBAUMS WITH LOVE FROM EBAUMS{{oriental}}[[Image:PopeKyrillosV(112th).jpg|thumb|127px|HH Pope St. Kyrillos V, 112th Pope of Alexandria]] His Holiness [[Pope]] St. '''Cyril (Kyrillos) V''' (born Youhanna (John) in 1824 or 1830/1831 according to different accounts) was the 112th [[Coptic]] Pope of Alexandria and [[Patriarch]] of the See of St. [[Apostle Mark|Mark]] for fifty-two years and nine months, from [[November 1]], 1874 until his departure from our vanishing world on [[August 7]], 1927. During his papacy the Coptic Church was adorned by knowledgeable and holy men; among them was the great saint, [[Abraam Bishop of Fayoum|Anba Abraam, Bishop of Fayoum]].  {{start box}}{{succession|before=[[Demetrius II (Mikhail) of Alexandria|Demetrius II]]|title=[[Church of Alexandria (Coptic)|Pope of Alexandria (Coptic)]]|years=1874–1927|after=[[Youanes XIX (John) of Alexandria|Youanes (John) XIX]]}}{{end box}} ==Sources and further details==* [http://www.copticchurch.net/synaxarium/12_1.html#2 Coptic Orthodox Synaxarium (Book of Saints)]* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arbible/message/2368 The Renewal of Coptic Orthodoxy in the Twentieth Century]* [http://www.coptic.org.au/modules/resources_literature/article.php?articleid=106 Pope Kyrillos V and the reopening of the Theological School of Alexandria in 1893, and appointment of Archdeacon Habib Guirguis as its Dean in 1918] ==External link==[http://www.copticmuseum.gov.eg/English/internal/gallery_z1.asp?piece_id=29&section_ID=5 The crown of Anba Cyril V, 112th Patriarch (Coptic Museum in Cairo)] [[Category:Bishops]][[Category:Egyptian Saints]][[Category:Non-Chalcedonian Bishops]][[Category:Non-Chalcedonian Saints]]
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