kids encyclopedia robot

Copt facts for kids

Kids Encyclopedia Facts
Coptic monks
Coptic Egyptian Men

A copt is an Egyptian Christian. Today, more than 95% of the Copts belong to the Latin community and Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria.

Images for kids

  • StMarkcoptic

    Coptic icon of St. Mark

  • Copts-with-Nasser-1965

    President Nasser welcomes a delegation of Coptic bishops (1965)

  • Coptic cathedral (Khartoum) 001

    Holy Virgin Mary Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Khartoum.

  • StMarkCopticOrthodoxChurchBellaireTX0

    St. Mark Coptic Orthodox Church in Bellaire, Texas (Greater Houston). There are about 1–2 million Egyptian born Copts living outside of Egypt, and are known as the Coptic diaspora.

  • Coptic and Arabic inscriptions in an Old Cairo church

    Coptic and Arabic inscriptions in an Old Cairo church.

  • Halim El-Dabh2

    Halim El-Dabh at a Cleveland festival in 2009.

kids search engine
All content from Kiddle encyclopedia articles (including the article images and facts) can be freely used under Attribution-ShareAlike license, unless stated otherwise. Cite this article:
Copt Facts for Kids. Kiddle Encyclopedia.