St. Mary & St. Antonios Coptic Orthodox Church (Ridgewood, Queens)

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name = St. Mary & St. Antonios Coptic Church
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denomination = Coptic Orthodox Church
diocese = Archdiocese of North America, under the Pope of Alexandria
division = The Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate
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founded_date = 1972
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style = Coptic
constructed_date = 1989
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bishop = HH Pope Shenouda III
priest = Fr. Yohanna Girgis
Fr. Antonios Makarious
Fr. Michael Sorial
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address = 606 Woodward Ave Ridgewood, NY 11385
country = United States of America
phone = [phone]
website = http://www.copticchurch.org/

St Mary and St. Antonios Coptic Orthodox Church (Coptic: Coptic|Ϯⲉⲕ⳿ⲕⲗⲏⲥⲓⲁ ⳿ⲛⲣⲉⲙ⳿ⲛⲭⲏⲙⲓ ⳿ⲛⲟⲣⲑⲟⲇⲟⲝⲟⲥ ⳿ⲛⲧⲉ ⲑⲏⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ Ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲫⲏⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ Ⲁⲛⲧⲱⲛⲓⲟⲥ // transliteration: "ti.eklyseya en.remenkimi en.orthodoxos ente fi.ethowab Maria nem fi.ethowab Antonios") is located in Ridgewood, Queens and was the oldest Coptic Orthodox parish in Queens. [http://nacopts.com/graph_dateIncorporated.php?limit=nolimit Dates of Incorporations of Coptic Orthodox Churches in North America] (Retrieved 08-07-2008)] It is one of over 200 Coptic Orthodox Churches in the United States. [" [http://copticchurch.net/news/press_release/20050120_armanious_murder_jersey_city.html Coptic Church Urges Thorough Investigation In Murder of Jersey City Family] ". "Coptic Church Network", January 20, 2005. Accessed August 11, 2008.] [ [http://www.cnewa.org/ecc-bodypg-us.aspx?eccpageID=6&IndexView=toc CNEWA:The Coptic Orthodox Church] (Retrieved 17-07-2008)]

History

St. Mary & St. Antonios Church, being one of the oldest Coptic Orthodox churches in North America, started out in March of 1972, [http://nacopts.com/viewChurch.php?id=140 Church Data] (Retrieved 08-09-2008)] and is notably the first Coptic Orthodox parish that was founded in New York [ [http://web.archive.org/web/20050304022037/www.stgeorgecoc.org/about.htm] ] as well as the third Coptic parish in the US, the first two being St. Mark Coptic Orthodox Church in Jersey City and St. Mark Coptic Orthodox Church in Los Angeles. After a few months, however, St. George Coptic Orthodox Church was established in Brooklyn, and eventually, Coptic parishes started popping up throughout New York City as well as up-state New York. This lead to the establishment of about 15 Coptic Orthodox Churches in New York State.

After the church was built, in a pastoral visit by HH Pope Shenouda III, the parish was consecrated in September 1989. The liturgies are currently held by three priests, as there are over 300 Coptic families served by St. Mary & St. Antonios Church.

References

External links

* [http://www.copticchurch.org/ The official website of St. Mary & St. Antonios Coptic Orthodox Church]
* [http://www.nacopts.org/ The Coptic Orthodox Archdiocese of North America]
* [http://www.nacopts.com/ Directory & Statistics on Coptic Orthodox Churches in North America]

ee also

*Coptic Orthodox Church
*Seat of the Coptic Orthodox Pope of Alexandria
*Coptic architecture
*Coptic Cairo
*Coptic Orthodox Church in North America
**Coptic Orthodox Church in Canada
**Coptic Orthodox Church in the United States
**List of Coptic Orthodox Churches in the United States
***St. Mark Coptic Orthodox Church (Jersey City, New Jersey)
***St. Mark Coptic Orthodox Church (Los Angeles)
***St. Mark Coptic Orthodox Church (Denver, Colorado)
***St. Mary Coptic Orthodox Church (Lancaster, Pennsylvania)
***St. Mary Coptic Orthodox Church (Los Angeles)
***St. George Coptic Orthodox Church (Brooklyn)
***St. George Coptic Orthodox Church (Philadelphia)
***St. Abraam Coptic Orthodox Church (Woodbury, New York)
***St. George & St. Shenouda Coptic Orthodox Church (Jersey City, New Jersey)