Orthodox Church of Alexandria
The
Orthodox Church of Alexandria is one of the sixteen
autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Churches. Its head
bishop is the
Patriarch and Pope of Alexandria and All Africa, who, like the
Coptic Pope and the
Roman Catholic Patriarch of Alexandria, claims to have succeded the Apostle
Mark the Evangelist in the office of Bishop of Alexandria. Because this church uses the Greek liturgy, it is one of those that are sometimes called
Greek Orthodox churches.