Orthodox domes

Coptic Christianity is a form of Christianity that originated in Alexandria, Egypt. Coptic means Egypt. The apostle Mark was the 1st Bishop ≈42 AD. The Pope of Alexandria is the head of the Coptic Orthodox Church, a separate but distinct Christian church after the Council of Chalcedon in 451 AD:


Saint Mark’s Coptic Orthodox Cathedral


Coptic convents and churches

The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church dates back to Aksum’s (1st-10thC).

The christianization in 330 AD of King Ezana
Golden, silver, bronze coins with
Ezana’s head and Christian cross


Local design of coins, churches, Ge’ez language

 


Ethiopean Orthodox Church Axum


Holy Trinity Cathedral, Ethiopia


Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity


Ethiopian “Twin Flames” Flag


Greek Orthodox church in Cairo, Egypt

The Coptics took a divergent view on Christology from all other Christian churches, who split into Roman Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church 600 years later. Then 400 years after that, they split in Greek and Russian Orthodox. 


Greek Island Orthodox Church


Greek Orthodox Churches:


Russian Orthodox Cathedral: St. Basil


Cathedral for the Military, Moscow


Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood


St. Isaac’s Cathedral, St. Petersburg

Square base/interior like Rome’s St Peter:


St. Kazan Cathedral, St. Petersburg


St. Kazan Iconostasis


St. Nicholas Naval Cathedral


Church of the Dormition of the Mother of God


Pokrovskaya Church, St. Petersburg


Cambodian cross Temple complex

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