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Egypt's Law No. 80 of 2016, which sets out how a church is built or renovated and how a church already in use without a licence is legalised.

The liturgical calendar of the Coptic churches: thirteen months, a new year in September, and years counted from AD 284.

The Eastern Catholic church of the Copts, in full communion with Rome: the Patriarchate of Alexandria of the Copts, seated in Cairo, and its eparchies in Egypt.

The Feast of the Nativity in the Coptic Orthodox Church: 7 January, which is 29 Kiahk in most years, after a fast of 43 days and a month of Kiahk praises. A public holiday in Egypt.

The Feast of the Resurrection in the Coptic Orthodox Church: the greatest feast of the year, dated by the Julian reckoning after the 55 days of Great Lent. Sham El Nessim follows on the Monday.

The last stage of the Egyptian language, written in an alphabet based on Greek and still used in the liturgy of the Coptic Orthodox Church.

A US-registered development charity founded in 1988 that works with fatherless children and young women in Egypt through the Coptic Orthodox Church's dioceses.

The largest Christian church in Egypt, headed by the Pope of Alexandria, with dioceses in Egypt and in the diaspora.

The Coptic Orthodox diocese for London, the south of England and south Wales, founded in 2017 and seated at the Cathedral of Saint George in Stevenage.

The Coptic Orthodox diocese for Los Angeles, Southern California and Hawaii, established in 1995 under Bishop Serapion, Metropolitan since 2016, with headquarters in Pomona.

The Coptic Orthodox diocese seated at Donvale, Victoria, for Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, Western Australia, the ACT, New Zealand, Fiji and the Solomon Islands.

The Coptic Orthodox diocese for New York and the six New England states, created in 2013 out of the Archdiocese of North America and led since then by Bishop David.

The Coptic Orthodox diocese for New South Wales, Queensland, the Northern Territory and churches in East and South-East Asia, led by Bishop Daniel since 2002.

A Cairo human rights organisation founded in 2002, whose civil liberties programme has reported on the church construction law and the legalisation of churches since 2016.

The Anglican Communion's province for Egypt, North Africa and the Horn of Africa, formed in 2020 from the former Diocese of Egypt, with All Saints' Cathedral in Cairo as its cathedral.

The highest authority of the Coptic Orthodox Church: its metropolitans and bishops, meeting under the presidency of the Pope of Alexandria.

The learned society for Coptic studies, founded in Cairo in December 1976: its four-yearly international congresses, its officers and its Journal of Coptic Studies.

The Middle Egyptian governorate on the Nile south of Cairo: its districts, its monasteries and ancient sites, and the Coptic Orthodox and Coptic Catholic dioceses seated there.

The 117th Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of Saint Mark, head of the Coptic Orthodox Church from November 1971 until his death in March 2012.

The 118th Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of Saint Mark, head of the Coptic Orthodox Church since November 2012.

The apostle the Coptic Orthodox Church holds as its founder and first patriarch: his preaching in Alexandria, his martyrdom in 68, his feast on 30 Baramouda (8 May) and his relics in Cairo and Venice.

The seat of the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate in Cairo since 1971: the cathedral complex on the grounds of Anba Ruways, opened in 1968, with the papal residence and the Patriarchate's offices.

The Coptic tradition of the flight into Egypt: the feast of the Entry of the Lord into Egypt on 24 Bashans (1 June), the route from Farama to Deir al-Muharraq, and the state project to revive it.

USCIRF: the independent, bipartisan commission created by the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998, its nine commissioners, its annual report, and what that report has said about Egypt.

The Nile valley south of Cairo, al-Sa'id: the seven governorates from Beni Suef to Aswan, their place in Coptic history, and where the published estimates put the Christian share highest.

The desert depression west of the Nile Delta, the ancient Scetis: the monasteries of Saint Macarius, Saint Bishoy, the Syrians and the Romans, and the papal residence where the Holy Synod meets.