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Oriental Orthodoxy is the communion of Eastern Christian Churches that recognize only the first three ecumenical councils — the First Council of Nicaea, the First Council of Constantinople and the Council of Ephesus — and reject the dogmatic definitions of the Council of Chalcedon. Hence, these Churches are also called Old Oriental Churches. Despite potentially confusing nomenclature, Oriental Orthodox churches are distinct from the churches that collectively refer to themselves as Eastern Orthodoxy.
The Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria is the Church of Egypt that, according to tradition, St. Mark, the apostle and evangelist, had established in the middle of the 1st century approximately 42 AD. The Church belongs to the Oriental Orthodoxy, and the See of Alexandria. The Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria has been a distinct church body since the Council of Chalcedon in 451 AD. The head of the church is the Pope and Patriarch of All Africa on the Holy See of Saint Mark, currently His Holiness Pope Shenouda III. More than 95% of Egypt's Christians belong to the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria.
H.H Mor Ignatius Zakka Iwas (Arabic: زكى عيواص, Zakkà ‘Īwāṣ) is the Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and head of the Syriac Orthodox Church. The patriarchate is based in Damascus. As is traditional for the head of the church, he has adopted the name Ignatius. Being the first patriarch to be named Zakka, his name is often written as Ignatius Zakka I Iwas.
Following the death of Patriarch Ignatius Jacob III in 1980, Zakka Iwas was elected by the synod of the church to be the 122nd Syriac Patriarch of Antioch. He was enthroned as patriarch on 14 September, the feast of the Cross, by Basileus Paulose II, Catholicos of the East, in the patriarchal cathedral in Damascus. As Patriarch Moran Mor Ignatius Zakka I, he has been involved in ecumenical dialogue, and is a president of the World Council of Churches. He has also established a new monastic seminary, Dayro d-Mor Afrem, at Saidnaya, near Damascus. On 14 September 2005, celebrations were held for his Silver Jubilee.
- The Oriental Orthodox Communion
- The Armenian Apostolic Church of All Armenians
- The Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria
- The British Orthodox Church in the United Kingdom
- The French Orthodox Church in France
- The Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch (also known as the Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch)
- The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church
- The Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church
- The Indian Orthodox Church
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