Write a 6 pages paper on coptic christians of egypt. It is evidently clear from that the importance of Coptic Christians of Egypt in terms of count and in terms of cultural influence is corroborated w

Write a 6 pages paper on coptic christians of egypt. It is evidently clear from that the importance of Coptic Christians of Egypt in terms of count and in terms of cultural influence is corroborated when taken into account the fact that the then population of Egypt was only 57 million. Adding to this count, there were almost 1.2 million immigrant populations of Coptic Christians in United States, Canada, Australia, Britain, France, Germany, Austria, Holland, Brazil, and many other countries in Africa and Asia. However, they are not a majority community even within Egypt. While referring to the traditional history of the Coptic Christians, it can almost be referred to as the history of Christianity in Egypt. The origin of Coptic Christians in Egypt is believed to have begun with the visit of the Holy Family to Egypt. The history of the belief is thus considered to be of a proud tradition by the Coptic Christians. Thus the beginning of Christianity in the country is believed to date back to the ages of Jesus. Jesus, Mary, and Joseph who constitute the holy family visited Egypt and lived there for a while. This holy visit has been clearly cited in the bible as well. "When he arose, he took the young Child and His mother by night and departed for Egypt, and was there until the death of Herod the Great, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt I called My Son". It is this blessing which the country had, that later evolved to be a foundation of the tradition, history, and belief of the Coptic Christians. The fact that many of the traditions and beliefs of the community are associated with the places and locations that the holy family visited confirms this. A number of annual pilgrimages are arranged to these locations commemorating the visit of the holy family.