the cross must be seen in the light of the liberating mission of Jesus Christ' The feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross is celebrated every September 14. It commemorates the discovery of the ...

The Feast of the Cross has brought Assyrian, Chaldean, and Syriac Christians together from different churches throughout Iraq and the Kurdistan Region. Hundreds of Christians flocked to Saint John the ...

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 ...

Coptic Orthodox Churches on Tuesday celebrated the end of the ... presided over the festive Divine Liturgy on the occasion of the feast in Holy Virgin Mary and Michael Archangel Church in Budapest.

Pope Francis said that his thoughts are with Ukraine on the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. Speaking at a large outdoor Mass in Kazakhstan’s capital of Nur-Sultan on Sept. 14 ...

In the fall, Catholics and some other Christian churches celebrate the Feast of the Holy Cross. With the feast, Christians commemorate Jesus Christ’s life, especially his salvific death on the ...

He explained that the churches are holding a mass for the feast day of the Assumption of Mary Monday evening, to be presided over by the pastor of the Church. The Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate will ...

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 ...

It is being republished in the aftermath of Sunday’s deadly bombings of two Coptic churches in Egypt ... making Egyptians unable to enjoy the feast linked to the ancient holiday and the ...

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 ...

Coptic scholar Otto Meinardus agrees: "In times of persecution, the tattoo of the cross has given strength to the faithful and has made it impossible for them to deny their faith." Between 1250 ...