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_Egypt is identified in the Bible as the place of refuge that the Holy
Family sought in its flight from Judea: "When he arose, he took the
young Child and His mother by night and departed for Egypt, and was
there until the death of Herod the Great, that it might be fulfilled
which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, ‘Out of Egypt
I called My Son’"
(Matthew 2:12-23).
The Egyptian Church, which is now more than nineteen century’s old, regards itself as the subject of many prophecies in the Old Testament. Isaiah the prophet, in Chapter 19, verse 19 says "In that day there will be an altar to the LORD in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar to the LORD at its border."
The first Christians in Egypt were mainly Alexandrian Jews such as Theophilus, whom the apostle Luke addresses in the introductory chapter of his gospel. When the church was founded by the apostle Mark during the reign of the Roman emperor Nero, a great multitude of native Egyptians (as opposed to Greeks or
Jews) embraced the Christian faith.
Christianity spread throughout Egypt within half a century of Saint Mark's arrival in Alexandria. In the second century, Christianity began to spread to the rural areas, and scriptures were translated into the local language, namely Coptic.
(Matthew 2:12-23).
The Egyptian Church, which is now more than nineteen century’s old, regards itself as the subject of many prophecies in the Old Testament. Isaiah the prophet, in Chapter 19, verse 19 says "In that day there will be an altar to the LORD in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar to the LORD at its border."
The first Christians in Egypt were mainly Alexandrian Jews such as Theophilus, whom the apostle Luke addresses in the introductory chapter of his gospel. When the church was founded by the apostle Mark during the reign of the Roman emperor Nero, a great multitude of native Egyptians (as opposed to Greeks or
Jews) embraced the Christian faith.
Christianity spread throughout Egypt within half a century of Saint Mark's arrival in Alexandria. In the second century, Christianity began to spread to the rural areas, and scriptures were translated into the local language, namely Coptic.