Archbishop Angaelos

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With a pastoral ministry spanning three decades, Archbishop Angaelos serves people of all ages, from youth to seniors and everyone in between. His passion is to engage people in the ministry of the church through enabling them to express and utilise their talents and skills to serve the wider community.

Archbishop Angaelos specialises in youth ministry in the United Kingdom and travels around the world to speak and engage pastorally with young members of the Coptic Orthodox community through a variety of conferences and conventions. 

Official Roles:

Founder and Chair of Exodus Youth Worx UK https://exodusyouthworx.london/

Founder of Coptic Youth Mission UK

Archbishop Angaelos is widely recognised for his extensive advocacy work, and was conferred the honour of Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II for ‘Services to International Religious Freedom.’ 

Official Roles:

Founder and Director of Refcemi, the Coptic Orthodox Church Office for Advocacy and Public Policy  www.Refcemi.org

President of Christians Aware

Member of Christian Solidarity Worldwide Board of Reference

Founder and Convener of the Asylum Advocacy Group

Founder and Chair of Foundations for Hope (FFH) 

Patron of the Awareness Foundation

Archbishop Angaelos has been conferred the Lambeth Cross for Ecumenism by the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Coventry Cross of Nails for Reconciliation.  

Official Roles:

President of Bible Society

President of the Council of the Oriental Orthodox Churches in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland

Co-chair of the Anglican-Oriental Orthodox Regional Forum

Co-chair of the Anglican Oriental Orthodox International Commission

Co-founder and Co-chair of the Catholic-Oriental Orthodox Regional Forum

Co-founder and Co-chair of the Lausanne-Orthodox Initiative

Moderator of the Churches’ Forum for International Religious Relations for Churches Together in Britain and Ireland

Ecumenical participant of the Church of England General Synod

Member of the Coptic Delegation to the World Council of Churches

Chair of the Sat7 Board and International Council

His Eminence Archbishop Angaelos engages with people across the tapestry of cultural heritage in the United Kingdom, including Members of the Royal Family, House of Lords and House of Commons, the Diplomatic Corps, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, the Home Office, humanitarian and advocacy organisations, ecumenical and interreligious representatives as well as media organisations. 

With his passion for dialogue and collaboration, Archbishop Angaelos is dedicated to the process of reconciliation within the United Kingdom, Egypt and the Middle East, and has held various consultations on inter-religious dialogue. He has established and continues to nurture relationships with a variety of religious and inter-religious groups in the United Kingdom and internationally.  

The Coptic Orthodox Church in the United Kingdom continues to work towards greater dialogue, collaboration, and reconciliation at every level.

Official Roles: 

Moderator of the Churches’ Forum for International Religious Relations for Churches Together in Britain and Ireland.

Scholar-Consultant of the Christian-Muslim Forum 

Archbishop Angaelos was born in Egypt and emigrated to Australia in his early childhood with his family. After obtaining his degree in Political Science, Philosophy and Sociology, he continued on to postgraduate studies in law while working in the same field. In 1990 he returned to Egypt to the Monastery of St Bishoy in Wadi-El-Natroun where he was consecrated a monk by the late Pope Shenouda III and served as his private secretary until 1995 when he was delegated to serve in the United Kingdom. 

Proclaimed Bishop of the Coptic Orthodox Diocese of London on 11 November 2017 in Egypt, His Eminence was granted the ecclesial title of Archbishop of London, and enthroned over the new Diocese on 18 November 2017 at the Coptic Orthodox Cathedral of Saint George in Hertfordshire, England.