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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.