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Since its inception in 1998, our organization has been dedicated to fostering sustainable development and empowering communities through the BLESS initiative. Over the past two decades, we have proudly engaged with 279 diverse communities, each with its unique challenges and aspirations. Our mission has been to create lasting positive change by addressing critical issues such as education, health, economic development, and environmental sustainability.
Through collaborative efforts and innovative programs, we have worked hand-in-hand with community members to identify their needs and harness their strengths. Our approach emphasizes inclusivity, ensuring that every voice is heard and every individual has the opportunity to contribute to their community's growth. As we reflect on our journey from 1998 to 2021, we celebrate the resilience and determination of the communities we serve, and we remain committed to building a brighter future together.
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Convention of the Bishopric of Public, Ecumenical and Social services
Our blessed sons, Grace to you and peace from God our Father, our Lord Jesus Christ, and the blessing that has beengiven to the pure apostles in the place of Zion will be set upon all of you.
As for the general and social situation of some of our beloved Church members, whom we have been entrusted to bythe Lord Christ, and what we have observed in many cases that come to us every day that some families who were inthe past rich and now need to be cared for. They need food, clothing and spiritual guidance. The church's care will lead to individual’s peace and family stability.
As well as the social situation in general, such as, rescuing and filling the needs of vulnerable people. Guidance is also needed for those who tempt the manifestations of this life, surrendering to their desires and emotions or are affected by foreign ideas and strange teachings, abandoning their church and denying their faith. These people are our responsibility just as our faithful sons to their church.
Therefore, we have chosen our blessed son / Makari Syriani, guided by the Holy Spirit; we ordained him as a bishop and called him Bishop / Samuel. He is assigned to organize the services of the Bishopric of Public and Social services to serve people. He is going to take care and organize the affairs of our expatriate children. Bishop Samuel will organize and be in direct contact with the foreign entities that aspired to the Coptic Church. We have committed in him the activity and the innate readiness and sincerity in serving the Church. This helped the church in having a distinctive place among the churches of the world. He helped in clarifying the Coptic Church's role and deeds throughout the ages and generations in the consolidation of the true faith and the spread of Christianity in many countries of the world. All this qualify him for this service. He will make the necessary suggestions to be submitted to us to carry out the necessary regulations, directions, supervision and projects in various public and social service areas.
Our blessed sons, who are interested and engaged in these services, must welcome him as worthy of his status of respect, reverence and true love. They are expected to meet him as the children with their father with spiritual love. They should not depart from all his parental guidance and religious advice. For the sake of the messages that for which the Holy Spirit gave him this blessed place.
We pray for the Lord that he would fulfill the hopes of this service and that He would support our beloved brother, Bishop Samuel, in his efforts to make a blessed fruitful service and that its results would be for the good of the Churchand the people. May He bless our renaissance with his heavenly blessings, uniting us, strengthening our wills andemphasizing the word of truth and righteousness in our souls.
We always thank our almighty God
Issued at the papal headquarters on blessed Sunday 20 Tut 1679 (Coptic calendar), corresponding to 30 September 1962
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The Coptic Orthodox Church (COC) is a very old church established by Saint Mark who came to Alexandria, Egypt in the beginning of the first century. He extended his evangelical work across other parts of North and East Africa; among which is the Ethiopian church, the closest church to The Coptic Orthodox Church. Originally, the word Coptic was used to refer to an “Egyptian." However, in the last few decades, it has evolved to refer to a Christian Egyptian. The Coptic congregation comprises the largest absolute number of Christians in the Middle East.
Coptic Orthodox Church Congregation
- 4 million members in Cairo.
- 5 million members in Upper Egypt.
- 2 million members in Lower Egypt and frontier governates.
- 1.5 million members in Alexandria.
- 2 million members in Europe, Africa, and North and South America.
- 50% of the congregation lives in rural and para-urban areas.
Statistics on the COC
The Coptic Orthodox Church has 2,500 churches in Egypt and 400 churches abroad. Cairo has 400 churches, and Alexandria has 70 churches. The Coptic Orthodox Church has 130 bishops, 33 of which reside outside of Egypt (16 in Europe, and the rest are in Africa, South America, the USA, and Canada). 4,000 priests, 400 of which are serving abroad.
Note: The number of bishops and priests almost doubled during the last three decades which points to the magnitude of the service extension. The number of churches outside Egypt is currently 400, whereas it was close to 10 in the early seventies.