holidays

Christian feast day: Pope Alexander of Alexandria (Eastern Orthodox Church)

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Pope Alexander of Alexandria (Eastern Orthodox Church) from May 29, null

Pope Alexander I of Alexandria

Head of the Coptic Church from 312 to 328

Alexander I of Alexandria was the 19th Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria. During his patriarchate, he dealt with a number of issues facing the Church in that day. These included the dating of Easter, the actions of Meletius of Lycopolis, and the issue of greatest substance,…
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Eastern Orthodox Church

Second-largest Christian church

The Eastern Orthodox Church, officially the Orthodox Catholic Church, and also called the Greek Orthodox Church or simply the Orthodox Church, is one of the three major doctrinal and jurisdictional groups of Christianity, with approximately 230 million baptised members. It…
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