Anba Mikhail

Anba Mikhail (born 1911 or 1912), is the Elder Metropolitan of the Holy Metropolis of Asyut (Lycopolis), (Hieracon) and (Apollonopolis Parva) and Abbot of the Monastery of Saint Macarius the Great, in Scetes, Lower Egypt of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria.

Metropolitan Mikhail was born in 1911 or 1912, in the poor family of Egyptian Coptic Christians [ [http://www.almesryoon.com/ShowDetails.asp?NewID=36509&Page=1] ] . He became monk of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria on 19 February 1939 [ [http://www.theholysynod.copticpope.org/m001.htm] ] . He was ordained priest on 17 November 1939 [ [http://www.anbawissa.org/vb/showthread.php?t=11930] ] . He has served as Coptic Orthodox Metropolitan of Asyut since 1946. His episcopal ordination took place on 25 August 1946 [ [http://www.theholysynod.copticpope.org/m001.htm] ] . At present he is probably the most senior Oriental orthodox bishop in the date of episcopal ordination in the world [according to datas of [http://www.hierarchy.religare.ru/h-aincvost-monofiz.html] ] .

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*http://www.theholysynod.copticpope.org/m001.htm (in Arabic and English)
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Holy_Synod_of_the_Coptic_Orthodox_Patriarchate_of_Alexandria
*http://www.almesryoon.com/ShowDetails.asp?NewID=36509&Page=1 (in Arabic)
*http://www.anbawissa.org/vb/showthread.php?t=11930 (in Arabic)
*http://www.hierarchy.religare.ru/h-aincvost-monofiz.html (in Russian)