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(Psalm 20:1)
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St. Antonious Coptic Orthodox Church
was
established in 1992 when H.H. Pope Shenouda III asked Fr.
Takla Azmy to take care of the Coptic families in Oregon, in
addition to attending to his duty as the priest of
St Mary Coptic
Orthodox Church in Seattle, WA.
Fr. Takla used to come to Portland
(OR) one or two Saturdays each month to serve about 10 families
and pray the Holy Liturgy.
During those times, we used to rent
St.
George Antiochian Orthodox Church, in Portland.
In 1994, the church was
registered in the state of Oregon as: “St. Antonious and St.
George Coptic Orthodox Church”.
Prayer and Bible Study meetings were
also held at the members' residences throughout the week. Most of
the times they were directed by volunteering Deacons from the
Seattle Churches.
In 1999, we led a fund raising
activity to collect $43K and buy our first own
church in Sandy (OR -about 20 miles away from Portland).
At that time, we registered the church under
“St. Antonious Coptic Orthodox Church”. About 25
families could be counted attending the Holy Services.
In 2003, God blessed us with
the current church building on 65th Street, in the heart of Portland
(OR), when the Board responding to the congregation's request moved
to a bigger church. This enabled more people to come to the church.
Fr. Angelos Sarkis (of
St. George Coptic Orthodox Church,
Seattle) responded to the congregation’s needs as well. He served as
a temporary priest at some point in the recent years.
On
August 6, 2006,
Fr. Mekhail Hanna was appointed by H.H. Pope Shenouda III as
the first permanent priest for the church. Currently, the Church
counts over 70 Coptic families in Oregon besides the youth.
Previous Priests
We thank Father
Takla (ofSt. Mark Coptic Orthodox Church, Washington)
for dedicating his time and
efforts in helping the formation of this congregation and for
celebrating the Holy Liturgy in our churches throughout the past recent
years.
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