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

Long before Islam arrived in Egypt, before the rise and fall of empires, before modern nations even existed, one Christian ...

CAIRO – Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church is enduring a dark chapter in its history with the community increasingly victimized by attacks from Islamic militants, including Friday's attack by gunmen on a ...

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 ...

We hoped to welcome everyone from our community, from all different nations, from all different people, to come to our church ...

Pope Shenouda III, the patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church who led Egypt's Christian minority for 40 years during a time of increasing tensions with Muslims, has died. He was 88. The state news ...

CAIRO – Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church said Thursday it will not be taking in new monks in monasteries nationwide for a year after the unresolved death of the abbot of a prominent monastery in the ...

A fire ripped through a packed Coptic Orthodox church during morning services in Egypt’s capital on Sunday, quickly filling it with thick black smoke and killing 41 worshippers, including at least 15 ...

MINYA, Egypt — Islamic militants on Friday ambushed three buses carrying Christian pilgrims on their way to a remote desert monastery south of the Egyptian capital of Cairo, killing seven and wounding ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — ISIS claimed responsibility for two deadly attacks on Coptic churches in Egypt Sunday. Saint Mark Coptic Orthodox Church in Charlotte was full of people celebrating Palm Sunday, but ...