His Eminence Abraham II | |
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Metropolitan of the Holy and Great City of Our Lord, Jerusalem (Holy Zion), and Archbishop of the Holy and Ancient Archdiocese of Jerusalem, all Palestine and the Near East; Abbot of the Monasteries of Saint Anthony, and Saint George, Jerusalem. | |
Native name | الأنبا أبراهام |
Church | Coptic Orthodox Church |
Archdiocese | Coptic Orthodox Archdiocese of Jerusalem |
Metropolis | Jerusalem |
Installed | 3 January 1992 |
Predecessor | Basil IV |
Successor | Antonius |
Orders | |
Consecration | 17 February 1991 by Pope Shenouda III |
Rank | Metropolitan Archbishop |
Personal details | |
Born | |
Died | 25 November 2015 Jerusalem, Palestine | (aged 72)
Nationality | Egyptian |
Education | B.S. in Agricultural Sciences, B.S. in Theology, M.S. in Herbal Medicine, M.S. in Theology, PhD in Herbal Medicine |
Alma mater | Cairo University, Theological and Clerical College in Cairo |
Abraham (Arabic: الأنبا أبراهام, Coptic: Ⲁⲃⲃⲁ Ⲁⲃⲣⲁϩⲁⲙ), was the 21st Metropolitan of the Holy and Great City of Our Lord, Jerusalem (Holy Zion), and Archbishop of the Holy and Ancient Archdiocese of Jerusalem, all Palestine and the Near East, from 1991, until his death in 2015.[1]