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I am currently seeing a Coptic Orthodox girl. I am a Catholic and was married to a woman in a Catholic Church. I had a court ordered divorce with her because of her adultery—meaning to say that I did not cause the divorce and at no time gave her any reason to divorce me, but she did gave me a reason to divorce her when she cheated on me. The girl that I am currently seeing knows about my past and I was wondering if it is still possible for us to get married in a Coptic Orthodox Church even though I was once married in a Catholic Church? I know I have to file for annulment in the Catholic Church if I ever wanted to get married in another Catholic Church again, but I am not sure what I need to do if I am planning to get married in the Coptic Orthodox Church. I know I have to join and become a Coptic Orthodox, of which I have no problems. What are the steps that I need to do in order to fulfill my over-all goal of being one with the Coptic Orthodox girl with I am involved?

In order to proceed to the Holy Mystery of Matrimony in the Coptic Orthodox Church, you must first provide documents of the completed annulment in your current Catholic Church, as well as your civil court ruling of dissolving your previous marriage.

You may certainly begin to study the catechumens' guide to Coptic Orthodoxy and be welcomed into the church rites for most of the Holy Mysteries (with the permission of your spiritual father—with whom you should already be meeting on a regular basis). Of course, the exception is the priesthood—and for now, Matrimony (pending the outcome of the above stated documents).