The Coptic Orthodox Church Offers Support in the Wake of Hurricane Katrina.COLLEYVILLE, Texas Colleyville is a city in Tarrant County, Texas, United States. The population was 19,636 at the 2000 census. Geography Colleyville is located at (32.885062, -97.149233)GR1. -- The Coptic Orthodox Church Coptic Orthodox Church Principal Christian church in Egypt. Until the 19th century it was called simply the Egyptian Church. It agrees doctrinally with Eastern Orthodoxy except that it holds that Jesus has a purely divine nature and never became human, a belief the Council , represented by His Holiness a title of the pope; - formerly given also to Greek bishops and Greek emperors. See also: Holiness Pope Shenouda III, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark, 12 Bishops, 174 Priests from United States and Canada, in their Annual Seminar at St. Mary's Spiritual Vineyard, Charlton, Massachusetts, express their grief and offer their prayers over the disaster caused by Hurricane Katrina which affected several cities in the Southern States. In a unanimous show of support by all the Coptic Churches of North America, a relief fund has been established through the Coptic Orthodox Diocese of the Southern United States The Southern United States—commonly referred to as the American South, Dixie, or simply the South—constitutes a large distinctive region in the southeastern and south-central United States. to help those stricken by this hurricane, and prayers will be offered in all Coptic Churches for the victims of the hurricane. If you would like to contribute to the Southern Diocese's Hurricane Katrina Disaster Relief Diocese of the Southern United States P.O. Box 1005 Colleyville, TX 76034-1005 For more information, please visit www.suscopts.com. We pray that the Lord Jesus Christ restore safety and peace to all who are affected by this disaster. |
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