Pope Mark III of Alexandria

Pope Mark III of Alexandria
Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark
Papacy began	1166
Papacy ended	1189
Predecessor	John V
Successor	John VI
Personal details
Born	Alexandria, Egypt
Died	1189 Egypt
Buried	Monastery of Saint Macarius the Great
Nationality	Syrian
Denomination	Coptic Orthodox Christian
Residence	The Hanging Church

Pope Mark III of Alexandria, 73rd Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark. He was the son of Zura, and he is commemorated in the Coptic Synaxarion on the 6th day of Tubah.

Before becoming Patriarch, Mark wrote the entries of the History of the Patriarchs of Alexandria that covers the years between 1131 and 1167.

At the start of Mark's papacy, the bishops of Upper Egypt wrote to Mark about the previously excommunicated Mark Ibn Kunbar. The Pope met Kunbar in person brought him to repentance. ^[1] Afterwards, Kunbar continued to preach against the practice of private confession of sins. In 1173, Pope Mark called a synod of sixty bishops at The Hanging Church, which unanimously excommunicated Kunbar from the Coptic church for the second time. ^{[2] [1]}

References

1. Morgan, Robert (2016). History of the Coptic Orthodox People and the Church of Egypt. FriesenPress. p. 276. ISBN   978-1460280263.
2. Abu Salih the Armenian (1895). The Churches and Monasteries of Egypt and Some Neighbouring Countries. Clarendon Press. p. 23. ASIN   B00QH2BQLW.

Preceded by John V	Coptic Pope 1166–1189	Succeeded by John VI