- Anba Mikhail
Anba Mikhail (born 1911 or 1912), is the Elder Metropolitan of the Holy Metropolis of
Asyut (Lycopolis ), (Hieracon ) and (Apollonopolis Parva) andAbbot of theMonastery of Saint Macarius the Great , inScetes ,Lower Egypt of theCoptic 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 becamemonk of theCoptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria on 19 February 1939 [ [http://www.theholysynod.copticpope.org/m001.htm] ] . He was ordainedpriest on 17 November 1939 [ [http://www.anbawissa.org/vb/showthread.php?t=11930] ] . He has served as Coptic Orthodox Metropolitan ofAsyut 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 orthodoxbishop in the date of episcopal ordination in the world [according to datas of [http://www.hierarchy.religare.ru/h-aincvost-monofiz.html] ] .References
Sources
*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)
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