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St. Mary & St. Antonios Coptic Church
Location606 Woodward Ave Ridgewood, NY 11385
CountryUnited States of America
DenominationCoptic Orthodox Church
Websitehttp://www.copticchurch.org/
History
Founded1972
Architecture
StyleCoptic
Completed1989
Administration
DivisionThe Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate
DioceseArchdiocese of North America, under the Pope of Alexandria
Clergy
Bishop(s)HH Pope Shenouda III
Priest(s)Fr. Yohanna Girgis
Fr. Antonios Makarious
Fr. Michael Sorial

St Mary and St. Antonios Coptic Orthodox Church (Coptic: Ϯⲉⲕ⳿ⲕⲗⲏⲥⲓⲁ ⳿ⲛⲣⲉⲙ⳿ⲛⲭⲏⲙⲓ ⳿ⲛⲟⲣⲑⲟⲇⲟⲝⲟⲥ ⳿ⲛⲧⲉ ⲑⲏⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ Ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲫⲏⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ Ⲁⲛⲧⲱⲛⲓⲟⲥ // transliteration: ti.eklyseya en.remenkimi en.orthodoxos ente fi.ethowab Maria nem fi.ethowab Antonios) is located in Ridgewood, Queens and was the oldest Coptic Orthodox parish in Queens.[1] It is one of over 200 Coptic Orthodox Churches in the United States.[2][3]

History

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St. Mary & St. Antonios Church, being one of the oldest Coptic Orthodox churches in North America, started out in March of 1972,[4] and is notably the first Coptic Orthodox parish that was founded in New York[5] as well as the third Coptic parish in the US, the first two being St. Mark Coptic Orthodox Church in Jersey City and St. Mark Coptic Orthodox Church in Los Angeles. After a few months, however, St. George Coptic Orthodox Church was established in Brooklyn, and eventually, Coptic parishes started popping up throughout New York City as well as up-state New York. This lead to the establishment of about 15 Coptic Orthodox Churches in New York State.

After the church was built, in a pastoral visit by HH Pope Shenouda III, the parish was consecrated in September 1989. The liturgies are currently held by three priests, as there are over 300 Coptic families served by St. Mary & St. Antonios Church.[4]

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