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The Tyreseian Coptic Church
 The Most Holy Coptic Church of the Nazarenes | |
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| Classification | Non-Nicaean |
| Orientation | Miaphysitism |
| Polity | Episcopal |
| Leaders | Presbyter Princeps Zephyrinus Victor I Rector Princeps Paul XXIII |
| Founder | St Paul (traditional) Saint Alban of Vigueria (traditional) Saint Euphrosynos of Adrianople |
| Origin | Apostolic Age Tyreseia |
| Members | 18 million (official records) |
The Tyreseian Coptic Church or Nazarene Copts, officially the Most Holy Coptic Church of the Nazarenes but more often simply referred to as Coptic Nazarism is a major Sarpetic religion, operating as a distant offshoot of the Alban church. The faith is named after the now-abandoned !Greek-speaking settlement of Kóptos; this town is taught by Church tradition to be its birthplace following the arrival of Saint Euphrosynos of Adrianople. Working from a Gnostic interpretation of the Two Treasures, Euphrosynos preached a wholly dualistic vision of Yeshua and of the Godhead that quickly took root in the communities of modern-day Tyreseia and other fringes of the Alban world.
At present, the vast majority of Copts live in Tyreseia, though smaller communities exist across the Periclean basin and elsewhere.