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To which I pointed out the the Patriarch of Alexandria is also called "Pope", and has been for longer than the Patriarch of Rome, so the expression, "solely reserved for the Bishop of Rome" was inaccurate as the title was also being used in Alexandria prior to the schism. One can argue that since the schism, within the Catholic Church it is solely reserved for the Bishop of Rome, but that isn't what was claimed. That is all I was pointing out. I was not claiming that Alexandria also has a "papacy".
And that should have been the end of it, but some people like to pick fights.
No one else in the Church claims the title in either the Eastern Orthodox Church or the Oriental Orthodox Church, however, both the Coptic and the Greek Patriarchs of Alexandria are termed "Pope" in their respective Churches.
The Coptic Orthodox Church has a lovely anecdote, where the Pope was to concelebrate a liturgy with the Bishop of a diocese, but the bishop was unavoidably detained by the Muslim officials of the Khedive. Thus the Pope, in violation of the Apostolic Canons (which are the same for them as for us) began the liturgy without waiting for him, which as you probably know, since I would expect you’ve either read The Rudder of St. Nicodemus the Hagiorite, or are familiar with the Apostolic Canons and those of the Ecumenical Synods, is a severe violation, one which can lead to a bishop being deposed. Thus when the diocesan bishop arrived, he was naturally aggrieved, but rather than cause the Coptic Orthodox Pope to be deposed by his Holy Synod, instead merely stomped the Pope’s mitre (which at the time was presumably an Emma, the mitre commonly worn by Coptic bishops, which is a white turban with icons on it, as you can see worn below by the bishop on the right:
The Pope, who was not His Holiness Pope Theodore II*, to be clear, for this occurred a very long time ago, accepted the rebuke.
However perhaps this also explains why for some time now Coptic Orthodox Popes such as Pope Theodore II, depicted on the left of the above image, have worn the solid reinforced mitres also used by their Eastern Orthodox counterparts.
* The Greek Orthodox Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, His Beatitude Theodore II, has the same regnal name as his Coptic counterpart, albeit usually the Coptic form of the latter’s name is used, His Holiness Tawadros II, but I find this coincidence charming. Also His Beatitude the Greek Pope wears a mitre which is slightly different from that worn by other Eastern Orthodox bishops, just as the mitre of the Coptic Orthodox Pope was distinct from those worn by his Armenian Apostolic and Syriac Orthodox colleagues, however, the Ethiopian and Eritrean Patriarchs have taken to wearing the same Byzantine-style headgear in several liturgical contexts, although the Ethiopian abune continues to wear a large white turban as part of his choir dress.
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