Metropolitan Mikhail of Asyut

H E Metropolitan Mikhail Metropolitan of Asyut
Elder Metropolitan of the Holy Metropolis of Asyut
Enthroned	19 Feb 1939
Other posts	member of The Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church.
Orders
Ordination	17 November 1939
Consecration	25 August 1946
Personal details
Birth name	Matias el Makary
Born	born in 1911 Egypt
Nationality	Egyptian
Denomination	Oriental Orthodoxy
Residence	Archangel Michael Coptic Orthodox Cathedral Asyut

Anba Mikhail نيافة الأنبا ميخائيل مطران أسيوط (born 1911 or 1912), is the Elder Metropolitan of the Holy Metropolis of Asyut (Lycopolis), (Hieracon, (Hierakonopolis) and (Apollonopolis Parva) of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria and was the Abbot of the Monastery of Saint Macarius the Great, in Scetes, Lower Egypt until early 2009, when he decided to resign this responsibility due to his failing health and also due to the demise of Matta El Meskeen, the Chief Hegumen in-charge of the Monastery of Saint Macarius the Great in 2008. Metropolitan Mikhail was born in 1911 or 1912, in the poor family of Egyptian Coptic Christians in the village of "Al-Rahmaniya", in the district of "Naga Hamadi" in "Qena" Gevernorate.^[1] He became monk of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria on 19 February 1939.^[2] He was ordained priest on 17 November 1939.^[3] He has served as Coptic Orthodox Metropolitan of Asyut since 1946. His episcopal ordination took place on 25 August 1946.^[2] At present he is probably the most senior Oriental orthodox bishop in the date of episcopal ordination in the world.^[4]

See also

• List of Copts
• The Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church
• Monastery of Saint Macarius the Great

References

1. ^ [1]
2. ^ ^{a b} [2]
3. ^ [3]
4. ^ according to datas of

• المجمع المقدس للكنيسة القبطية الأرثوذكسية
• http://www.theholysynod.copticpope.org/m001.htm
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Holy_Synod_of_the_Coptic_Orthodox_Patriarchate_of_Alexandria

Sources

• The Holy Synod (in Arabic and English)
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Holy_Synod_of_the_Coptic_Orthodox_Patriarchate_of_Alexandria
• http://www.anbawissa.org/vb/showthread.php?t=11930 (in Arabic)
• http://www.hierarchy.religare.ru/h-aincvost-monofiz.html (in Russian)

Persondata
Name	Asyut, Metropolitan Mikhail Of
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Place of birth	born in 1911 Egypt
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