Type: | Pope |
Honorific-Prefix: | Pope |
Matthew IV of Alexandria | |
Pope of Alexandria & Patriarch of the See of St. Mark | |
Enthroned: | 6 December 166027 Hathor 1376 |
Ended: | 15 August 16758 Mesori 1391 |
Predecessor: | Mark VI |
Successor: | John XVI |
Birth Name: | George (Guirguis) |
Birth Place: | Meer, Ashmonain District, Diocese of Qousqam (known as El-Muharaq), Egypt |
Death Date: | 15 August 16758 Mesori 1391 |
Buried: | Saint Mercurius Church in Coptic Cairo |
Nationality: | Egyptian |
Religion: | Coptic Orthodox Christian |
Residence: | Saint Mary Church (Haret Elroum) |
Pope Matthew IV of Alexandria (Anba Matta El-Meeri), 102nd Pope of Alexandria & Patriarch of the See of St. Mark.
He was originally from Meer, hence the name Elmeeri, and joined the Paromeos Monastery in the Nitrian Desert before becoming a Pope.
On his first day as a Coptic Pope he transferred the Seat of the Coptic Orthodox Pope of Alexandria from Church of the Virgin Mary (Haret Zuweila) to Saint Mary Church (Haret Elroum).[1] and it stayed there till 1800 A.D. (1516–1517 A.M.) when Pope Mark VIII transferred it to Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral (Azbakeya).