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{{Short description|African church}}
{{Short description|Autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Church based in Africa; one of the original Churches of the Pentarchy}}
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| members = 500,000 -– 1.5 million<ref>[{{Cite web|url=https://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/greek-orthodox-patriarchate-of-alexandria-and-all-africa |title=Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa] &#124; World Council of Churches|date=January 1, 1948|website=www.oikoumene.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mediacentre.go.ug/media/president-lauds-orthodox-faith-100-years|title = President Lauds Orthodox faith on 100 Years &#124; Uganda Media Centre}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://orthodoxmission.org.gr/2019/12/kenya-a-fruitful-land/|title=Kenya: A Fruitful Land|date=4 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.snf.org/en/grants/grantees/g/greek-orthodox-patriarchate-of-alexandria-and-all-africa-(1)/construction-(1)/|title = Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa - Construction - Stavros Niarchos Foundation}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ortodossia.it/w/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=552:2014-0307-10-18-53&catid=155&Itemid=334&lang=el|title=Ορθόδοξη Διασπορά και Ιεραποστολή στην Αφρική}}</ref>
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===2019 schism with Moscow===
On 27 December 2019 the [[Russian Orthodox Church]] officially cut ties with the Eastern Orthodox Patriarchate in Alexandria over the latter's recognition of the [[Orthodox Church of Ukraine]], which is rejected by the Russian Orthodox Church and several other Orthodox churches. This was done after [[Patriarch Theodore II of Alexandria|Theodore II]] announced support for the OCU.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Russian Orthodox Church cuts ties with Alexandria patriarch|url=https://cruxnow.com/church-in-europe/2019/12/russian-orthodox-church-cuts-ties-with-alexandria-patriarch/|date=December 27, 2019|access-date=December 27, 2019|publisher=[[Crux Now]]|first=Vladimir|last=Isachenkov|agency=Associated Press}}</ref> The [[Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church]] noted that it remains in communion with clerics of the Alexandria church who reject Theodore II's decision.{{cn|date=December 2023}}
 
=== Ordination of women ===
In 2016, the Holy Synod of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria voted to reinstate the [[Deacon#Deaconesses|female diaconate]]; in the following year, it ordained six female [[Subdeacon|subdeacons]] in the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|Democratic Republic of Congo]]. In 2024 the Patriarchate ordained its first female deacon, Angelic Molen, in [[Zimbabwe]], making her the first female deacon in the Eastern Orthodox Church since the Middle Ages.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://international.la-croix.com/religion/breaking-with-tradition-greek-orthodox-church-ordains-first-woman-deacon-in-africa|title=Breaking with tradition, Greek Orthodox Church ordains first woman deacon in Africa|date=13 May 2024|website=La croix international}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Barillas |first=Martin |date=2024-05-09 |title=Orthodox Church Ordains Female Deacon |url=https://www.ncregister.com/cna/orthodox-church-ordains-female-deacon |access-date= |website=[[National Catholic Register]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.christiancentury.org/news/eastern-orthodox-church-ordains-zimbabwean-woman-its-first-deaconess|title=Eastern Orthodox Church ordains Zimbabwean woman as its first deaconess|website=The Christian Century}}</ref>
 
==Offikialoi of the Throne==
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===Archbishops (Metropolitans)===
*Metropolitan Narcissus (Gammo) of the Holy Archdiocese of [[Accra]] with jurisdiction over [[Burkina Faso]], [[Cote d'Ivoire|Côte d'Ivoire]], [[Gambia]], [[Ghana]], [[Guinea]], [[Guinea-Bissau]], [[Liberia]], and [[Mali]]
*Metropolitan Peter (Giakoumelos) of the Holy Archdiocese of [[Axum]], seated in [[Addis Ababa]] with jurisdiction over the [[Horn of Africa]]
*Metropolitan Gennadius (Stantzios) of the Holy Archdiocese of [[Botswana]]
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* St. Anthony the Great Shatby – Alexandria
* [[Cathedral of Evangelismos|The Annunciation of the Virgin Mary Church – Mansheya, Alexandria]]
* Patriarchal Monastery of Saint Savvas of the Blessed Virgin of Alexandria<ref>{{Cite web|title=Πατριαρχική Μονή Οσίου Σάββα|url=https://www.patriarchateofalexandria.com/index.php/el/monastery-of-saint-savvas|access-date=2021-11-06|website=patriarchateofalexandria.com|language=el|archive-date=2021-11-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211106021607/https://www.patriarchateofalexandria.com/index.php/el/monastery-of-saint-savvas|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Church of the Entry of Christ into the Temple – Tanta
* St. George Church – Tanta<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.goac-pa-eg.com/bg6j.htm|access-date=2021-11-06|website=www.goac-pa-eg.com}}</ref>
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* {{Cite book|last=Brakke|first=David|chapter=The East: Egypt and Palestine|title=The Oxford Handbook of Early Christian Studies|year=2008|location=Oxford|publisher=Oxford University Press|pages=344–364|isbn=978-0-19-927156-6|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NgPI7Jt1HewC&pg=PA344}}
* {{Cite book|last=Dick|first=Iganatios|title=Melkites: Greek Orthodox and Greek Catholics of the Patriarchates of Antioch, Alexandria and Jerusalem|year=2004|location=Roslindale, MA|publisher=Sophia Press|url=https://melkite.org/products-page/events/melkites-greek-orthodox-and-greek-catholics-of-the-patriarchates-of-antioch-alexandria-and-jerusalem|access-date=2021-02-23|archive-date=2023-06-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230608114849/https://melkite.org/products-page/events/melkites-greek-orthodox-and-greek-catholics-of-the-patriarchates-of-antioch-alexandria-and-jerusalem|url-status=dead}}
* {{Cite book|last=Grillmeier|first=Aloys|author-link=Aloys Grillmeier|title=Christ in Christian Tradition: From the Apostolic Age to Chalcedon (451)|volume=1|year=1975|orig-year=1965|edition=2nd revised|location=Atlanta|publisher=John Knox Press|isbn=9780664223014|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LH-cBwmmY2cC}}
* {{Cite book|last1=Grillmeier|first1=Aloys|author-link1=Aloys Grillmeier|last2=Hainthaler|first2=Theresia|title=Christ in Christian Tradition: The Church of Alexandria with Nubia and Ethiopia after 451|volume=2/4|year=1996|location=Louisville|publisher=Westminster John Knox Press|isbn=9780664223007|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-Hw28f8aCnoC}}
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*[http://orthodoxytz.com/ Orthodox Church in Tanzania] (Official Site)
*[http://www.goarch.co.za/ Orthodox Archbishopric of Good Hope, Cape Town] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140802054218/http://www.goarch.co.za/ |date=2014-08-02 }} (Official Site)
*[http://www.goac-pa-eg.com/ Website of the Arabic-speaking Alexandrian Orthodox Christians of Egypt] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110423234909/http://www.goac-pa-eg.com/ |date=2011-04-23 }}
*[https://cnewa.org/eastern-christian-churches/toc/orthodox-church/the-autocephalous-churches/the-patriarchate-of-alexandria/ CNEWA Profile of the Alexandrian Orthodox Church by Ronald Roberson]
 
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