Pope Mark III of Alexandria

Pope

Mark III of Alexandria
Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark
Papacy began1166
Papacy ended1189
PredecessorJohn V
SuccessorJohn VI
Personal details
Born
Died1189
Egypt
BuriedMonastery of Saint Macarius the Great
NationalitySyrian
DenominationCoptic Orthodox Christian
ResidenceThe Hanging Church

Pope Mark III of Alexandria, 73rd Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark. He was the son of Zura, and he is commemorated in the Coptic Synaxarion on the 6th day of Tubah.

Before becoming Patriarch, Mark wrote the entries of the History of the Patriarchs of Alexandria that covers the years between 1131 and 1167.

At the start of Mark's papacy, the bishops of Upper Egypt wrote to Mark about the previously excommunicated Mark Ibn Kunbar. The Pope met Kunbar in person brought him to repentance.[1] Afterwards, Kunbar continued to preach against the practice of private confession of sins. In 1173, Pope Mark called a synod of sixty bishops at The Hanging Church, which unanimously excommunicated Kunbar from the Coptic church for the second time.[2][1]

References

  1. ^ a b Morgan, Robert (2016). History of the Coptic Orthodox People and the Church of Egypt. FriesenPress. p. 276. ISBN 1460280261.
  2. ^ Abu Salih the Armenian (1895). The Churches and Monasteries of Egypt and Some Neighbouring Countries. Clarendon Press. p. 23. ASIN B00QH2BQLW.
Preceded by Coptic Pope
1166–1189
Succeeded by