Abraham II (Coptic archbishop of Jerusalem)

His Eminence

Abraham II
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
ChurchCoptic Orthodox Church
ArchdioceseCoptic Orthodox Archdiocese of Jerusalem
MetropolisJerusalem
Installed3 January 1992
PredecessorBasil IV
SuccessorAntonius
Orders
Consecration17 February 1991
by Pope Shenouda III
RankMetropolitan Archbishop
Personal details
Born(1943-06-30)30 June 1943
Died25 November 2015(2015-11-25) (aged 72)
Jerusalem, Palestine
NationalityEgyptian
EducationB.S. in Agricultural Sciences, B.S. in Theology, M.S. in Herbal Medicine, M.S. in Theology, PhD in Herbal Medicine
Alma materCairo 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]

  1. ^ "Metropolitan Abraham of Jerusalem". St-Takla.org (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 2013-03-02. Retrieved 2021-06-15.