His name was John Abu al-Majd ibn Abu Ghaleb ibn Sawiris (يوحنا أبو المجد بن أبو غالب بن سويرس). He was layman. It was said that he was a widower, and after his wife's death he chose to remain celibate. He kept the church headquarters in the Hanging Church in Old Cairo (الكنيسة المعلقة). He proscribed a canon that a church could not accept a priest unknown to them without having a consent statement from his bishop. He was buried in the Church of the Darag (كنيسة الدرج) under the tomb of Pope Zakharias, the 64th Coptic Patriarch (1004-1032 AD).
pope, john, alexandria, 74th, pope, alexandria, patriarch, mark, popejohn, alexandriapope, alexandria, patriarch, markchurchcoptic, orthodox, churchpapacy, began1189papacy, ended1216predecessormark, iiisuccessorcyril, iiipersonal, detailsbornegyptdied1216egypt. Pope John VI of Alexandria was the 74th Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St Mark PopeJohn VI of AlexandriaPope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St MarkChurchCoptic Orthodox ChurchPapacy began1189Papacy ended1216PredecessorMark IIISuccessorCyril IIIPersonal detailsBornEgyptDied1216EgyptBuriedChurch of the Holy Virgin Babylon El Darag NationalityEgyptianDenominationCoptic Orthodox ChristianResidenceThe Hanging ChurchHis name was John Abu al Majd ibn Abu Ghaleb ibn Sawiris يوحنا أبو المجد بن أبو غالب بن سويرس He was layman It was said that he was a widower and after his wife s death he chose to remain celibate He kept the church headquarters in the Hanging Church in Old Cairo الكنيسة المعلقة He proscribed a canon that a church could not accept a priest unknown to them without having a consent statement from his bishop He was buried in the Church of the Darag كنيسة الدرج under the tomb of Pope Zakharias the 64th Coptic Patriarch 1004 1032 AD In 1210 his envoys reached the city of Lalibela in Ethiopia where they met Emperor Gebre Mesqel Lalibela 1 He was the last Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria to consecrate a bishop for Western Pentapolis as the people converted to Islam under the rule of the Arabs References edit Taddesse Tamrat Church and State in Ethiopia Oxford Clarendon Press 1972 p 62 Preceded byMark III Coptic Pope1189 1216 Succeeded byCyril III nbsp This article about an Oriental Orthodox clergyman is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Pope John VI of Alexandria amp oldid 1081361637, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
