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Details about Saint Mark the Evangelist

05 16, 2023

Saint Mark the Evangelist

St. Mark the Apostle is considered the first to introduce Christianity to Egypt. He came to the city of Alexandria, most likely in 60 AD, from the western side, coming from the Five Cities.

The figure of St. Mark disappeared in the Book of Acts, where he traveled to Egypt and founded the Church of Alexandria after he first went to his birthplace, the “Five Cities” in Libya, and from there he went to the oases and then Upper Egypt and entered Alexandria in 61 AD. From its eastern door.

The most prominent titles obtained by St. Mark the Apostle

The Evangelist: Because he wrote his own Gospel.
Al-Bashir : Because he preached and preached Christ in more than one country and place, and he also wrote his own gospel for us.
Martyr: Because he was martyred and his blood was shed in the streets of Alexandria in the name of Christ.
Cardinal of Egypt: Because he is credited with preaching the name of Christ in Egypt.
Apostle : Because Christ chose him among the seventy apostles.
The Apostolic Immaculate Chair (Patriarch): Because he was the first high priest in Alexandria
He was the first to ordain priestly ranks, and according to the patriarchs of the Coptic Orthodox Church, he was the first.

Destroyer of idols: In every place and in every place where Marmarqus went, he was shining the light of Christ and opening the way of the Kingdom for everyone, as every site and every spot where Marmarqus set foot was dispelling and overthrowing idols, and establishing an altar to the Holy Lord, so in the quarters of the bell we say “Peace to our father Mark the Evangelist, dispeller of idols”.

God's Seer: Because he is considered one of the disciples who lived the life of his master Christ and his miracles closely.

Libya is considered the first home of the Christian call in the African continent, at the hands of St. Mark, who came from the companionship of Christ through Greece, and then set out to lay the first brick of Orthodoxy in Egypt, but he soon returned to Libya again after the priests were afraid of him, as Christianity spread strongly, meaning that the Egyptians believed strongly in Christianity as a whole, and he died in Egypt.

St. Mark was born in Cyrenaica in Libya and came to Egypt in 55 AD and preached in it, and founded in Egypt the Coptic Orthodox Church and was its first patriarch, and he also ordained Enianus as a bishop, and was killed in 68 AD.

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The winged lion is the symbol of St. Mark the Evangelist, and is used as the logo for our parish. This symbol comes from St. Mark's description of John the Baptist's voice "crying out in the wilderness" upon hearing the Word of God (Mark 1:3).

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