Coptic Orthodox Church in Australia
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This article is about Coptic Orthodoxy in Australia. For Copts in Australia. For a list of Coptic parishes in Australia, see the List of Coptic Orthodox Churches in Australia.
Congregations of the Coptic Orthodox Church in Australia are served by two Coptic Orthodox Dioceses with over 50 parishes, three Monasteries, two theological Colleges and four schools. The Coptic Church is a member of National Council of Churches in Australia. According to the 2006 Census of Australia, there were a total of 19,928 followers of Coptic Orthodoxy nationally. Currently, the Coptic Orthodox Church has as many 100,000 members in Australia (in Sydney alone it is estimated that there are 70,000 Copts, with numbers in Melbourne in the tens of thousands).[1]
Dioceses
- Diocese of Melbourne and Affiliated Regions
- Victoria
- Tasmania
- South Australia
- Western Australia
- Australian Capital Territory
- New Zealand
- Fiji
- Diocese of Sydney and Affiliated Regions
- New South Wales
- Queensland
- Northern Territory
- Thailand
- Singapore
- Malaysia
References
- ↑ In the year 2003, there was an estimated 70,000 Copts in New South Wales alone: - http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/hansart.nsf/V3Key/LC20031112040
|chapter-url=missing title (help). Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Parliament of NSW - Legislative Council. 12 November 2003. p. Page: 4772: - Coptic Orthodox Church (NSW) Property Trust Amendment Bill.
- The Coptic Orthodox Church of Australia 1969-1995, by Fr Matthew Attia, formerly Mr Maged Attia
External links
- Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Melbourne
- St Mark Coptic Orthodox Church, Canberra
- Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Sydney
- HH Pope Tawadros II
See also
- Copts in Australia
- List of Coptic Orthodox Churches in Australia
- List of Coptic Orthodox Popes of Alexandria
- Patriarch of Alexandria
- Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria
- The Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria
- Coptic Orthodox Church in Europe
- Oriental Orthodoxy
- Copts
- Coptic alphabet
- Coptic calendar
- Coptic iconography
- Coptic language
- Coptic music
- Coptic abstinence
- Coptic Orphans
- Coptic diaspora
- Coptic American
- Copts in Canada
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