The message delivered during Sunday's morning service at the Coptic Orthodox Church of St. Mark in Jersey City was all too familiar: Pray for all of those killed by bombings at their churches in ...

Egypt’s Coptic Christians have been a target for deadly violence throughout their history.

As in many Coptic churches, historical artifacts overlapped earlier ones. The most ancient drawing to survive into the 21st century: a depiction, on a stone near the entrance, of two deer and holy ...

CAIRO — The biggest church in the Middle East opens Saturday, a landmark date in the 2,000-year-old history of Egypt’s Coptic Christians. It also could prove to be a huge target for Islamic ...

Remarkably, a leading Coptic Christian bishop says that he has already forgiven the ISIS soldiers who slaughtered 21 members of his ancient faith.

Reporting from Beirut and Cairo — A devastating New Year’s Day terrorist bombing at a Coptic church in Egypt that killed 21 people was the latest in a spate of violent assaults against the ...

The Copts represent a living link to the region’s ancient history and its religious diversity, which is now under systematic threat.

Al Fustat (Coptic Cairo/Old Cairo) is ranked #6 out of 22 things to do in Cairo. See pictures and our review of Al Fustat (Coptic Cairo/Old Cairo).

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 biblical journey to Egypt ...

The head of the Coptic Church is scheduled to offer the Orthodox Divine Liturgy in the Catholic Archbasilica of St. John Lateran in Rome on May 14. According to Father Martin Browne, an official ...

Three Egyptian Coptic monks were killed in a "criminal assault" inside a Coptic monastery in South Africa, the Christian Coptic Orthodox Church of Egypt said on Tuesday, and South African police ...

The Coptic Orthodox Church announced that three monks were attacked and murdered Tuesday in the Coptic monastery in South Africa.