However, what could really bring it to an end is to have icons reduced to mass production,” he added. The way off this unfortunate path, according to Naguib, would be for the Coptic Church to ...

Coptic artist Adel Nassif has been retelling Egypt's Christian history in beautiful icons in an effort to push back against what he describes as a trend towards low-quality mass production.

Security fears swept across Cairo on Monday as police probed the deadly bomb blast that ripped through a Coptic church the day before. The explosion Sunday morning – in the city’s Abbassiya ...

is divided from the nave by an iconostasis – a screen made of icons. Only priests, and deacons assisting at a service, are allowed through the iconostasis. The nave of a Coptic church is usually ...

Coptic Christians base their theology on the teachings of the Apostle Mark, who introduced Christianity to Egypt, according to the St. Takla Church in Alexandria, the capital of Coptic Christianity.

I don’t expect violence though,” Doss said. Markus Askuf, spokesman for the Coptic Church, said Shenouda’s body is expected to arrive at the Coptic cathedral in Cairo at noon Sunday.

Nine people were killed Friday after gunmen opened fire at a church near Cairo, officials said, the latest in a string of attacks on minority Coptic Christians in the country this year.

Customs officers at Cairo airport have seized three ancient Coptic icons that someone attempted to smuggle to the United States. Customs chief Mohamed al-Shahat said that personnel was suspicious of a ...

But one icon is missing, said the Rev. Younan Labib, one of the church's two priests. "It is the icon of the church members working here in the church during the construction at times until to 3 ...

RUSSAIN and Coptic icons have gone on display in a North-east church. More than 40 of the colourful religious images, created by artists from St Petersburg, in Russia, and Cairo, in Egypt, are ...

Introduction Coptic Orthodox Church Pope Shenouda III during a 2007 visit to New York. Photo: Michael Sleman ©. The Coptic Orthodox Church is the main Christian Church in Egypt, where it has ...

Coptic Christian wedding in Egyptian capital Cairo is raked by gunfire, killing four members of the same family including girl cousins aged eight and 12 Egyptian security forces stand guard at a ...