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Church Of Nubia

Frescoes of the Cathedral of Faras

A page of translation in Old Nubian from Liber Institutionis Michaelis Archangels between the ^ninth and ^tenth centuries , found at Qasr Ibrim. The name of the archangel St. Michael is written in red

The church of Nubia was a church established in Nubia (Southern Egypt and Northern Sudan is now). She was tied for most of its history to the Church of Alexandria. The church disappeared due to the expansion of Islam in the region.

/ / History

The establishment of Christianity in Nubia dating back to IV ^century but only in ^the sixth century it was held

Organization

References

Small Dictionary of the Christian East ( Nubia), Brepols, Turnhout, 1991, p. 402
Bruce Manning Metzger [The early versions of the New Testament] Oxford University Press, 1977 ( ISBN 0198261705 and 9780198261704 )

The three Councils of Churches (Oriental Orthodox Churches)
Coptic Orthodox Church ( Orthodox Church UK ) Ethiopian Orthodox Church Eritrean Orthodox Church Armenian Apostolic Church ( Catholicosate of All Armenians , Catholicosate of Cilicia ) Syriac Orthodox Church ( Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church ) Malankara Orthodox Church Malabar Independent Church ( Syro-Orthodox French )
See also: two councils of churches - churches of the seven councils - Eastern Catholic Churches