St. Mary Coptic Orthodox Church (Los Angeles) - Today

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Several years after St. Mary's Church was incorporated, in 1995, the Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Los Angeles, Southern California and Hawaii was founded. Pope Shenouda III, who is still the current Pope of Alexandria, enthroned HG Serapion as Bishop for the diocese, which includes St. Mary's Church as well as several other diocesan churches.

Two services of the Divine Liturgy are celebrated on Sunday mornings: one for the Arabic-speaking congregation in the main church on the upper-level of the building; and the other for the English-speaking congregation in Saint Bishoy Church located on the lower-level.

There are currently almost 500 Coptic families served by St. Mary's Church alone with several others belonging to different church congregations throughout California.

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