Pope Tawadros II, the head of Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church, and Pope Leo XIV, head of the Vatican, praised Egypt’s political leadership in a phone call on Friday evening for reaffirming that Saint ...

According to the official statement, the church said that the attack resulted in the death of Monk Hegumen Takla El-Samuely (deputy of the Coptic Diocese of South Africa), Monk Yostos Ava Markos ...

I’m diving into an ancient Egyptian text that claims Jesus was a SHAPESHIFTER – a wild twist on the crucifixion story! This 1 ...

Jackleen held her hands over her ears in 2017, not long after the attack that killed dozens of Coptic pilgrims on a bus going to visit the desert monastery of Saint Samuel the Confessor.

Meeting on a possible forced closure of the world’s oldest continuously active Christian monastery, Greek and Egyptian ...

This church became known as the Coptic church because Copt is the Arabic ... the work of St. Maron in the 4th century who founded a monastery east of Antioch. Later monks moved to the mountains ...

The monastery had reportedly submitted documents showing ownership ... particularly those like Saint Catherine’s that fall outside the Coptic Orthodox Church, which is Egypt’s dominant Christian ...

For over a thousand years, monks living in remote monasteries have consistently outlived their contemporaries by decades, and their secret wasn’t just prayer and meditation. Hidden within ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – June 1 marks Global Coptic Day, a worldwide celebration of the rich history and enduring faith of the Coptic Orthodox Church. The day commemorates the Holy Family’s ...

Greg Monks, 38, from Glasgow, was last seen in Albufeira in the early hours of Wednesday morning, on the first night of a five-day stag do. His parents and his girlfriend flew out to Portugal to ...

According to Dr. Jamal Mustafa, the Head of the Islamic, Coptic, and Jewish Antiquities Sector at the Supreme Council of Antiquities, the first level comprises three parallel halls followed by two ...

THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — At the center of the ongoing conflict is Esphigmenou Monastery, whose brotherhood continues to defy court and church orders to vacate the premises. THESSALONIKI, ...