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In the mid-2000s, a priest named Father Mikhail came to Nashville to take care of the youth. He was wildly successful as a preacher, organizer, and thinker. He understood that reaching the youth meant understanding both cultures--the Egyptian side…

A community church in Antioch, St. Macarius meets weekly in a Protestant church to pray and be in fellowship. The congregation is served by Father Pemwah, a non-Nashville resident like many of the priests.

Another community church for those who live in Hendersonville (north of Nashville), St. Theodore prays and is in fellowship twice a month on Saturdays.

A community church of the Southern Diocese, the church congregation meets in a Protestant church twice a month to pray and be in fellowship in Mount Juliet, a suburb in Wilson County. Like St. Mina, St. Pishoy and St. Barbara, it will be a Coptic…

The second congregation of Nashville started by Father Mina Iskander that spread to Antioch from Nolensville and the second church to be built to the traditional Coptic style and the largest Coptic Orthodox church in Nashville, St. Pishoy sits on 8…

Known as the church for newcomers, St. George stills off Foster Avenue near Thompson Lane and Nolensville. A gas station, that is Coptic-owned, sits 2 minutes up the road and is named after the church. The current priest is Father Sarapeon who prays…