His Holiness Pope Tawadros the Second has approved the formation the first Coptic Orthodox Church in the United States in the name of our beloved patron saints, Pope Kyrillos VI and Archdeacon Habib Girgis. At the current time, it is a community that meets and prays in temporary locations.  However, the new church will be located in Northern Bergen County NJ. Bishop David began the process of building this church before he became the diocesian bishop of the Diocese of New York and New England. Fr Seraphim El Soriani, the Papal representative in charge of the Archdiocese of North America ...

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