The Greek Orthodox Patriarchate

of Alexandria and all Africa

The Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and all Africa is the second ranking Orthodox See (after the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople) and is in communion with all the Orthodox Churches in the World and belongs to the One, Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church. The Orthodox Church is the second largest Christian Church on Earth.

The Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and all Africa extends its ecclesiastical jurisdiction to all the countries of the African continent. The first Bishop of the Orthodox Church in Africa was St. Mark the Evangelist who was the founder of the Orthodox faith in the African continent. It is through him that from his own up to the present time the Orthodox Church is recognized to be Apostolic.