There are three main branches of the church in Egypt, and these are the Coptic Orthodox Church, Coptic Evangelical Church, and Coptic Protestant Church. Perhaps best known is the founding of monastic establishments.

Their … Gatestone Institute On June 1, 2020, President Trump issued a statement titled “Presidential Message on Global Coptic Day, 2020.” (Copts are Egypt’s indigenous Christians, now a minority.) President Trump honors Coptic believers for "the contributions, legacy, and ongoing challenges facing the largest Christian group in the Middle East." These dolls are then hung at the entrance of houses and gates at this time each year, and typically left there throughout the year until the next year, where they are replaced with new ones. It is an Eastern Orthodox tradition, and most Copts follow the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria. According to Bishop Eusebius of Caesarea, as well as Coptic traditions, Saint Mark the evangelist, who wrote the earliest of the four New Testament gospels, was the founder and first bishop of the Church of Alexandria, even before the Church of Rome was established. The major shift in religion—from the old Egyptian religion to Christianity—occurred in Egypt between 200 and 400 C.E. In the aftermath of the bloodshed, Pope Shenouda III, the leader of Egypt’s Coptic Christian church, urged an end to the sit-in on Sunday, Egyptian state news media reported. As a denomination they originated in the city of Alexandria, one of the most faithful, respected, and fruitful cities during the Apostolic Period. Pictured: Local Christians at the late-night funeral of the victims of the attack on Mar Girgis Coptic Orthodox Church in Tanta, 120 kilometers north of Cairo, on April 9, 2017. Between the 11th and 14th centuries, the dominant religion was the Coptic Christianity in Egypt, but after the Muslim Conquest, most of these Christians converted to Islam. Attacks on Coptic Christians in Egypt are common. (Photo by Stringer/AFP via Getty … The others are the Roman Catholic Church, Church of Athens (Eastern Orthodox Church), Church of Jerusalem, and Church of Antioch. On April 9, 2017, Palm Sunday, two Christian churches in Egypt were bombed during mass; at least 50 worshippers were killed. The Copts: Egypt’s Overlooked and Persecuted Christian Minority by Soukaina Rachidi | Apr 28, 2019 Persecution of Coptic Christians in Egypt is not new, but it has taken on a new momentum since the al-Sisi regime started cracking down on Islamist extremists six years ago. The Coptic Church of Egypt is the earliest Christian church in the world, going back to around 42 AD. Coptic Christians make up Egypt’s largest and most significant minority population and the largest population of Christians in the Middle East.