Copt
ethnoreligious group indigenous to North Africa
A copt is an Egyptian Christian. Today, more than 95% of the Copts belong to the Latin community of the Coptic Catholic Church, and other of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria. They used the Coptic calendar and speak the Coptic language. Baptism and male Circumcision is done.[1] Their folk saint is Mark the Evangelist.[2]
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- ↑ https://www.circlist.com/rites/christian.html
- ↑ "Copt | Definition, Religion, History, & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2021-06-18.
