The feast of the Epiphany, falling on 19 January, is one of the most sacred days in the Coptic Christian calendar In the Coptic Orthodox Church of Egypt, 19 January is a hallowed day, the feast of ...

It gives dates in both the Coptic and Western Calendars for fixed festivals. The Apostles' Feast (Abib 5, c. July 12) The Nayrouz Feast (1st of Tute, c. September 11) The Two Feasts of the Cross ...

The relics of 21 Coptic martyrs killed by ISIS in Libya will be venerated in St. Peter’s Basilica on Thursday evening at an ecumenical prayer service marking their first official feast day in ...

The biblical Book of Acts tells how Jews from Egypt came to Jerusalem for the feast of Pentecost ... vast majority of Copts are members of the Coptic Orthodox Church, an independent church ...

they had to celebrate the feast of the cross,” said Younan, bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land. In Rome, Pope Benedict XVI condemned the “deplorable attack which the ...

The Vatican will likely designate Feb. 15 as their feast day, the same day the Coptic Orthodox Church honors them, officials said. Tawadros was at the Vatican to commemorate the 50th anniversary ...