Four months ago, the first Coptic Catholic church in New Jersey and one of the few Coptic Catholic churches in the United States, Jesus the King Church, opened in Perth Amboy, New Jersey. The Register ...

The structure, history and practices of the Coptic Orthodox Church, the main Christian Church in Egypt and one of the oldest churches outside the Holy Land. The Coptic Orthodox Church is the main ...

The 21 men were beheaded by ISIS on a beach in Libya on Feb. 15, 2015; the Pope received a relic of the martyrs’ blood as a gift from the Coptic Orthodox Church. Pope Francis receives relics of the ...

Coptic Christians will celebrate Christmas on Monday, and many will do so outside their native Egypt. Since the revolution there, their future in the country has looked uncertain, and many are ...

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 ...

This neighborhood in southern Cairo is the oldest part of the city, with twisting alleyways and ancient churches that are several centuries older than the ornate mosques of Islamic Cairo. According to ...

On the first weekend of spring break, I went to my last convention ever. A big part of being Coptic Orthodox was the ...

The film Innocence of Muslims, which denigrates Islam and its prophet, Muhammad, has put the spotlight on a little-known community, Coptic Christians. The Associated Press and other news organizations ...

Shortly after Samy Ghattas and his family moved to Houston in 1969, he was approached by two fellow Egyptians who wanted to form a Coptic Orthodox Christian community. "We were talking about 10 ...

Boise-area Coptic Orthodox community purchased land for its first church. The $2.5M Meridian project aims to serve 130 congregants within one year. Church leaders hope their new home will draw both a ...

Coptic services take place in the very ancient Coptic language (which is based on the language used in the time of the Pharaohs), together with local languages. The liturgy and hymns remain similar to ...