Cathedrals of the Cosmic Christ

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Orthodox domes

Coptic Christianity is a form of Christianity that originated in Alexandria, Egypt. Coptic means Egypt. The apostle Mark was the 1st Bishop ≈42 AD. The Pope of Alexandria is the head of the Coptic Orthodox Church, which has been separate but distinct Christian after the Council of Chalcedon in 451 AD:


Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral


Coptic convents and churches


Church of Our Lady Mary of Zion Axum


Holy Trinity Cathedral, Ethiopia


Greek Orthodox church in Cairo, Egypt

The Coptics took a divergent view on Christology from all other Christian churches, who split themselves 600 years later into Roman Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church, which split in Greek and Russian Orthodox 400 years later.


Greek Island Orthodox Church


Greek Orthodox Churches, Greece:


Russian Orthodox Cathedral: St. Basil


Cathedral for the Military, Moscow


Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood


St. Isaac's Cathedral, St. Petersburg

Square base and interior like St. Peter's in Rome:


St. Kazan Cathedral, St. Petersburg


St. Kazan Iconostasis


St. Nicholas Naval Cathedral, St. Petersburg


Church of the Dormition of the Mother of God


Pokrovskaya Church, St. Petersburg

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