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Bishop Angaleos, General Bishop of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the United Kingdom, speaks at the first inaugural summit of In Defense of Christians. The three-day meeting focused on the plight of Christians in the Middle East. Angaleos's church — the Coptic Church — is the largest in the Middle East, and its adherents are concentrated in Egypt, where he was born. Religion News Service photo by Lauren Markoe