Petros I (other)
Petros I may refer to: * Pope Peter I of Alexandria, ruled in 300–311 * Petros I, Caucasian Albanian Catholicos in 971–987 * Abraham Petros I Ardzivian Abraham Petros I Ardzivian (in Armenian Աբրահամ Պետրոս Ա. Արծիւեան ) (1679 in Aintab, Ottoman Empire – 1749 in Lebanon) was the founder of the Armenian Catholic Church and its first Catholicos-Patriarch from 1740 to 1749. ...

Pope Peter I Of Alexandria
Pope Peter I of Alexandria ( cop, Ⲡⲁⲡⲁ Ⲁⲃⲃⲁ ⲡⲉⲧⲣⲟⲥ ⲁ̅, ⲡⲓⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲡⲉⲧⲣⲟⲥ ⲓⲉⲣⲟⲙⲁⲣⲧⲩⲣⲟⲥ ⲡⲓⲁⲣⲭⲏⲉⲣⲉⲩⲥ) was the 17th Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria. He is revered as a saint by the Coptic Orthodox Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, and the Catholic Church. Life Peter was born and raised in Alexandria. The Coptic Orthodox Church believes that Peter was given by his parents to Theonas to be brought up as a priest, similarly to the story of Samuel in the Old Testament. He rose through the ranks of holy orders, first becoming a reader, then a deacon, then a priest. Highly educated, Peter became head of the school of Alexandria. In early 300, while on his death bed, Theonas advised the church leaders to choose Peter as his successor, which they did. Peter's time as bishop included the Diocletianic Persecution, which began in 303, and continued intermittently over the next ten years ...
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