On Global Coptic Day, we celebrate the enduring faith, time-honored traditions, and remarkable resilience of the Coptic Orthodox Church. More than 2,000 years ago, the Holy Family fled to Egypt and ...

A heart-wrenching new film recounts the beheadings 10 years ago this week of 21 Coptic Christians at the hands of ISIS radicals. Yet the film, simply titled "The 21," also tells the poignant story of ...

A massive fire at a Coptic Orthodox church in Egypt claimed the lives of 41 people on Sunday — a devastating blow for a Christian community long beset by persecution and hardship. Though there is no ...

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Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church and Christians around the world commemorate one of history’s most sacred journeys in June each ...

A gun attack that killed at least 26 Coptic Christians on a bus in Egypt is just the latest assault on the religious minority group, which has been a target for deadly violence throughout its history.

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LOS ANGELES (AP) – The key figure behind “Innocence of Muslims,” a film denigrating Islam and the Prophet Muhammad, says he is Coptic Christian. The film has sparked protests in the Middle East and is ...

An Egyptian court has rejected a petition seeking to establish Easter as an official national holiday, leaving in place ...

The Egyptian government has issued an executive order legalizing 191 churches and affiliated service buildings belonging to different Christian denominations, bringing the total number of places of ...

In Egypt, the new Coptic pope urged Coptic Christians to become more active in public and political life. Pope Tawadros II also voiced his opposition to calls from some Islamist leaders for a ...