St. Mark Coptic Orthodox Church (Centennial, Colorado)

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St. Mark Coptic Orthodox Church
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The church in 2022.
St. Mark Coptic Orthodox Church (Centennial, Colorado)
39°35′20″N104°50′34″W / 39.588798°N 104.842671°W / 39.588798; -104.842671
Location7075 South Revere Parkway Centennial, Colorado 80112
Country United States of America
Denomination Coptic Orthodox Church
Website https://www.stmarkdenver.org/
History
Founded1971
Architecture
Architectural type church
Style Coptic
Years built2020
Administration
DivisionThe Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate
Diocese Coptic Archdiocese of Northern California & Western United States, under the Pope of Alexandria
Clergy
Bishop(s) Pope Theodoros II
Priest(s) Fr. Yacob Soliman
The church's previous location in Englewood, Colorado St. Mark Coptic Orthodox Church (Englewood, Colorado).JPG
The church's previous location in Englewood, Colorado

St Mark Coptic Orthodox Church (Coptic: // transliteration: ti.eklyseya en.remenkimi en.orthodoxos ente fi.ethowab Markos) is one of the oldest Coptic Orthodox parishes to be established in North America. [1] It is one of over 200 Coptic Orthodox Churches in the US. [2] [3]

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History of the Church

St. Mark's Coptic Orthodox Church in Englewood, Colorado, the church's previous location, was founded as one of the first four Coptic Orthodox Church parishes in the United States [1] and was incorporated in December 1971, with about 50 families at the time. [4] As Pope Shenouda III was enthroned as the Coptic Pope on November 14 of that same year, this was the first Coptic church that was founded under the papacy of Pope Shenouda, who died 17 March 2012.

Pope Cyril VI, Shenouda's predecessor, founded the first four churches in North America. [5] The first two parishes that were established in the US specifically were St. Mark's Church in Jersey City and St. Mark's Church in Los Angeles. [1]

The late Father Bishoy Kamel, who is widely known as a prominent Copt in the modern era, helped found the church in the Denver area during its early years. [6] As a matter of fact, Fr. Bishoy Kamel helped found St. Mark's Church in Los Angeles, as well as several other parishes and buildings throughout Egypt, the United States, Europe, and Australia. [6]

The previous building was consecrated in October 1989 [4] by Pope Shenouda on his second visit (the first one being in 1977), the same year where the Pope visited every Coptic parish in the US and Canada. [7]

The church was served by more than one temporary priest over the years. Fr. Angelos Habib Boghdadi served the parish in its early years, as well as several other Coptic Churches throughout the States over many years. There were several priests afterwards [8] until Fr. Yacob Soliman eventually became permanent priest in 2004, [9] a position of which he holds as the incubant.

New church building

The congregation moved to a newly-constructed church building in Centennial, Colorado in late 2020. [10]

As of 2022, St. Mark's Church remains as the only Coptic church in Colorado. [11] There are currently more than 100 Coptic families served by St. Mark's Church. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Dates of Incorporations of Coptic Orthodox Churches in North America (Retrieved 08-07-2008)
  2. ↑ "Coptic Church Urges Thorough Investigation in Murder of Jersey City Family". Coptic Church Network, January 20, 2005. Accessed August 11, 2008.
  3. ↑ "CNEWA:The Coptic Orthodox Church". Archived 2009-08-13 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved 17-07-2008)
  4. 1 2 3 Church Data as of 2006
  5. ↑ Biography of HH Pope Shenouda III (Retrieved 08-08-2008)
  6. 1 2 The life of Fr. Bishoy Kamel (Retrieved 06-08-2008)
  7. ↑ NY Times:Coptic Pope's Visit Cheers Faithful (Retrieved 08-08-2008)
  8. ↑ El Keraza Newspaper. Dated editions from the year 2003.
  9. ↑ Colorado Copts:Fr. Yacob Soliman (Retrieved 08-08-2008)
  10. ↑ "New church open!!". Saint Mark Orthodox Coptic Church of Colorado. November 27, 2020. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
  11. ↑ Coptic Orthodox Churches in Colorado (Retrieved 08-08-2008)
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