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How was the Church founded (original roots)?

The Coptic Orthodox Church was actually founded by our Lord Jesus Christ Himself. In the Holy Gospel according to St. Matthew, Chapter 2, the angel told St. Joseph to take the Child Jesus and His mother and seek shelter in Egypt away from Herod who wanted to kill Jesus. Thus, from the time our Lord Jesus Christ arrived into the land of Egypt until His return to Israel, numerous prophecies were fulfilled. Since then, Egypt still bears many blessings.

St. Mark the Evangelist established the actual structure and organization of the Church of Alexandria. St. Mark evangelized Christianity in Egypt and was the first Pope and Patriarch of the Church of Alexandria and the See of St. Mark. Our Patriarch today, Pope Tawadros II, is the 118 Pope of the Church of Alexandria. Our church is not confined to just Egypt, but there are Coptic Orthodox Churches all over the world.

Verses to read:
"Behold, the Lord rides on a swift cloud, and will come into Egypt; the idols of Egypt will totter at His presence, and the heart of Egypt will melt in its midst" (Isaiah 19:1).

"Blessed is Egypt My people, and Assyria the work of My hands, and Israel My inheritance" (Isaiah 19:25).

"In that day there will be an altar to the Lord in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar to the Lord at its border" (Isaiah 19:19).

"When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called My son" (Hosea 11:1).