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Contemporary design used by the Coptic Orthodox Church;^[1]
Coptic letters (Ⲓⲏ̅ⲥ̅ Ⲡⲭ̅ⲥ̅ Ⲡ̀ϣⲏⲣⲓ ⲙ̀ⲪϮ) are abbreviated nomina sacra for "Ⲓⲏⲥⲟⲩⲥ Ⲡⲓⲭ̀ⲣⲓⲥⲧⲟⲥ Ⲡ̀ϣⲏⲣⲓ ⲙ̀Ⲫ̀ⲛⲟⲩϯ" (Iêsous Piekhristos Epshêri Emefnouti; Jesus Christ, Son of God)

The Coptic cross is any of a number of Christian cross variants associated in some way with Coptic Christians.^[2]

^ "Patriarcato Copto Cattolico – Home". 13 April 2014. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ Liungman, Carl G. (2004). Symbols: Encyclopedia of Western Signs and Ideograms. Ionfox AB. p. 228. ISBN 9789197270502. Retrieved November 10, 2018.

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