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.

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.

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 ...

An explosion near a Coptic church in the Egyptian capital left at least 25 people dead and 31 others injured, local media reported.

When a Coptic pope dies, all 150 bishops of the church’s Holy Council appoint an acting patriarch until a vote is conducted for a successor, Doss said. Thousands of bishops, priests and monks ...

Nine people were killed Friday after gunmen opened fire at a church near Cairo, the latest in a string of attacks on 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 ...

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 ...

The Church resumed the ordination of women as deaconesses in 1981 and there are now at least 400 consecrated deaconesses in the Coptic church. Traditionally, a deaconess is either a virgin or a widow.

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 ...

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 UK News Website of the Year 2024 Search Icon ...