The Coptic Church was established in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ by St. Mark the Evangelist in the city of Alexandria around 43 A.D. The church adheres to the Nicene Creed.

St. Athanasius (296-373 A.D.), the twentieth Pope of the Coptic Church, effectively defended the Doctrine of the Lord Jesus Christ’s Divinity at the Council of Nicea in 325 A.D. His affirmation of the doctrine earned him the title “Father of Orthodoxy” and St. Athanasius “the Apostolic.”

The Coptic Orthodox Church worships the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit in the Oneness of Nature. We believe in One God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—three equal, Co-Essential, and Co-Indwelling Hypostasis (Persons). The Blessed and Holy Trinity is our One God.

We believe that Lord Jesus Christ, the Only-Begotten of the Father, and Who is One with Him in Essence, is the only Savior of the world. We are Miaphysites: there is a difference between the Monophysites, who believe in just One Single Nature (Divine) of Lord Jesus Christ, and the Miaphysites, who believe in One United Nature or One Composite Nature (Divine & Human) of Lord Jesus Christ. We do not believe in just a Single Nature but in the One Incarnate Nature of the Logos.

Fewer changes have taken place in the Coptic Church than in any other church, whether in ritual or doctrinal aspects, and the succession of the Coptic Patriarchs, Bishops, priests, and Deacons has been continuous.