DETROIT – Egyptian Christians living in the U.S. said Monday that they are horrified by violence that has erupted against Copts back home, including a deadly assault on those trying to stage a ...
ALEXANDRIA, Egypt — The death of Pope Shenouda III, the Coptic Orthodox patriarch of Alexandria, comes at a time of deep political uncertainty in Egypt and rising fears that the country’s already ...
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CAIRO (RNS) In the Upper Egyptian city of Minya, Coptic women hurry to finish their shopping for the Easter feast, as they always do. “My mother comes over, we watch the prayer at St. Mark’s Cathedral ...
A friend distributed the following e-mail from the Coptic Bishop Thomas, who serves in an Egyptian diocese where the persecution of Christians by Muslims is among the worst in the country: Dear ...
Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The sequence leading up to this bloody event is a familiar one: a Coptic church in Upper Egypt was burned by Islamist ...
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Egypt’s Copts are no strangers to persecution. But even by the harsh measures of the Middle East, the attacks on this ancient Christian community since the overthrow of the Morsi government stand out.
Christian Copts in Europe are under tougher new police protection following Internet threats against their European places of worship, even as some prepare special services in honor of the 21 Copts ...
Makarios, the Coptic bishop of Minya, Egypt, spent a weekend among mourners after two buses carrying Coptic Christians were ambushed as they left a monastery, killing seven of the pilgrims and ...
Among the Christians of the Middle East, the largest number – some eight million or so – is made up of Egypt’s Copts. Since I first visited Egypt in the 1990s, I have been interested in this community ...
Namir Abdel Messeeh's religious documentary begins with an intriguing premise, but fails to yield a coherent theme. By THR Staff The tiny neighbor of Saudi Arabia is usually known for oil and gas. Its ...
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