The author of the Gospel of Mark, a disciple of Peter, one of the seventy disciples of Jesus, was born in Cyrene, Cyrene, North Africa (present-day Libya), who, under the guidance of the apostle Peter, built faith, became Peter's helper, wrote the Gospel of Mark, and established the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria as its first bishop.
Marco (Claude Vinion)
Marco was convinced that it was the boy who had fallen off his clothes and fled naked on the night of Jesus' arrest at the Garden of Marni. After The Crucifixion, the disciples remained in the House of Mark, and the resurrected Jesus appeared in Mark's house, and the Holy Spirit descended on the disciples at mark's house on pentecost.
Peter was saved by angels and then reached Rome. On the way, Peter invited Marco to join him as his travel companion and translator. Mark then recorded Peter's sermons, so Mark wrote the Gospel before he left Rome for Alexandria.
Mark and Peter had a very close relationship, as described in the preceding paragraphs. Peter wrote to his friends in Rome, calling Marco "my son Marco." In 49 AD, Mark arrived in Alexandria and established the Church of Alexandria, and Mark became the first bishop of Alexandria and was revered as the founder of the African Christian Church.
During Paul's first missionary journey, he and St. Barnaber returned from Jerusalem to Antioch, and Marco followed them to Cyprus. After some time, Marco returned to Jerusalem. Therefore, when Paul and Barnaber were preparing to go on a second mission, Barnaber was willing to take Marco with him, but Paul did not think that he should be taken, because Mark had left them in Penphilia. The two quarreled, so Barnabé took Marco to Cyprus and Paul took silas to Syria and Kirikia.
Nevertheless, Barnabeus and Mark separated from Paul and soon became good friends with Paul. When Paul was first sent to Rome after his arrest, Marco was with him. When Paul was imprisoned in Rome for the second time, shortly before his martyrdom, he wrote to His brother Maud asking him to take Marco with him.
The date of Mark's martyrdom is uncertain, but it may have been in 68 or 74 AD, in Alexandria. It is said that when Mark was committed to preaching Christianity, he was grabbed by his haters and put a rope around his neck and dragged him through several streets to death.
Around 50 AD, Mark came to Egypt to preach the gospel. Mark was not the first apostle to preach in Egypt, but he was the apostle who had the greatest influence on the Evangelical Ministry in Egypt. Mark preached in Alexandria and other places, and established the first Church in Egypt in Alexandria, the Church of Alexandria. After Mark's martyrdom, the gospel spread rapidly in Egypt, the number of believers increased greatly, and the Church of Alexandria became one of the five major churches of early Christianity.
Mark's remains were originally placed in Alexandria, Egypt, and in 828 AD, part of Mark's remains were stolen from Alexandria by Venetian merchants. After Marco's remains arrived in Venice, the doge built basilica di san marco to preserve Marco's remains. St. Mark's Basilica in Venice became a place of worship for Christians.
Legend has it that Venice was still a deserted beach, and Marco came here to preach and passed by boat when a storm broke out and the boat ran aground in a desolate swampy area. When The horse came to a desperate situation, prayed to heaven, and seemed to hear the angel calling: "Peace, Mark!" You coexist with Venice. Thus the Gospel of Mark became the patron saint of Venice, marked by the lion. The emblem of the city of Venice today is a lion holding a copy of the Gospel of Mark.
In 1063-1090 AD, St. Mark's Church underwent a massive reconstruction, expanding St. Mark's Church into a Basilica Basilica.
Coptic Christians in Egypt believe that Mark's head was preserved in St. Mark's Church in Alexandria, while part of the body was preserved in St. Mark's Church in Cairo. The remains are preserved in the Basilica of St. Mark's Basilica in Venice, Italy.
In 1968, Pope Paul VI returned the remaining remains of Mark to Pope Cyril vi of Alexandria, Patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church.