Available:
Friday - Arabic Bible Study
7:30 - 9:30
PM
Saturday - Vespers
8:00 - 8:45 PM
Sunday - Liturgy
9:00 - 12:00 AM
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The Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria is the main Christian church in Egypt. The Church was established by Saint Mark the apostle (author of the Gospel of Mark) in 42 AD during his visit to Alexandria. The Church belongs to the Oriental Orthodox family of churches, along with the Eritrean, Armenian, Syrian, Indian, and Ethiopian Orthodox churches which formed a distinct church body after the Council of Chalcedon in 451 AD. Watch these videos to learn more about our church:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vrPIOOBU18
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qk_ejeeEwJ0
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Pope Shenouda III is the 117th Pope of Alexandria and the Patriarch of All Africa on the Holy Apostolic See of Saint Mark the Evangelist. He is the head of The Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate.
He has served as Pope of Alexandria since 14 November 1971, presiding over a worldwide expansion of the Coptic Orthodox Church.
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Father George (Guirguis) Gobrial was ordained by H.H. Pope Shenouda III as priest on December 5th 1986.
Fr. George (Guirguis) Gobrail was born and raised in Cairo, Egypt. During college, he served in the youth ministry and in coordinating the elementary ministry at St. George and St. Sarabamon Church in Cairo. He completed his B.S. in Electrical Engineering in 1980. He continued his service as a lieutenant in the Egyptian Army until 1983. He married Dr. Mona Baki on October 7, 1986. On December 5, 1986, he was ordained a priest to St. George and St. Sarabamon Church. On October 29, 1987, he and Mona were blessed with a son, Samuel, who married Jen on July 24, 2010 and is now studying Law at American University.
Fr. George was assigned by H.H. Pope Shenouda to serve the Coptic community at St. Mary's Church in Savage, MD, as the first priest to the church, on August 10, 1995.
Fr. George studied at the Coptic Seminary in Cairo. He also received his Master in Spiritual and Pastoral Care from Loyola University in MD in 2003. He is currently working on his Ph.D. in Biblical Studies at The Catholic University of America.
Fr. George is fluent in Arabic and English. He also has advanced reading and writing skills in Coptic, Greek, Hebrew, and Aramaic
Father David Milad was born and raised in Chicago, IL and served at St. Mark and St. Bishoy Coptic Orthodox Church. He completed his undergraduate studies in 2002 at Hope College in Holland, MI. In the summer of 2000 he went on a 6 week mission trip to South Africa with H.G. Bishop Antonious Markos. He then went to Arizona for medical school during which he served the high school youth of St. Mary Coptic Orthodox Church of Scottsdale, AZ. He married Sarah Selim on July 18th, 2004 then moved to Maryland in 2005 as Sarah was starting Law School at American University. Fr. David and Sarah started serving at St. Mary's in 2006 and have gone on several mission trips with the youth of the church. Fr. David finished his Internal Medicine Residency in the spring of 2009. He was then ordained on May 23, 2010.
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