The Copts were (and remain) so devoted to Michael that they established 12 feasts in his honor, one per month, to be observed ...

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In a long dispute with Egyptian Copts, Ethiopian monks have occupied a rooftop monastery for more than 200 years to press their claim to a portion of the church. Photograph by Alessio Romenzi As ...

even groups of Muslims bravely standing up for persecuted Christians (such as the Copts in Egypt). Muslims are often the first targets and victims of the radicals, and even among those who share s ...

Media attention on the Copts exploded. Yet there’s another story about Coptic Christianity worth telling: its growth (and metamorphosis) in the United States. A fascinating example is St ...

Coptic Christians make up at least 10 million of Egypt's 103 million people. Copts claims they face discrimination and play a lesser part in Egyptian public life than their numbers justify.

Egypt's Copts, who make up most of the Muslim-majority country's Christian minority, have in the past accused the authorities of making only token gestures to protect them from such attacks ...

There are many Arab Christians, including Catholics, Orthodox, Protestants, Copts, and others. When I was Catholic and living in Brooklyn, I worshiped at a Maronite (Lebanese Catholic) parish.

But not only Jews were colonized by invading Islamic armies Copts, Orthodox Christians, Hindus and Buddhist were also subjugated. Many Jewish, Christian, Hindu and Buddhist Holy Sites that have ...

The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today issued the following statement on Nayrouz: “Today, Coptic Christians in Canada and ...

A Christian pastor in Egypt distributed free sweets among people on the occasion of Milad-un-Nabi, marking the birthday ...

Nayrouz is a time to honour the rich history of the Copts as well as to reflect, worship, and spend time with loved ones. "Coptic New Year is celebrated on the same day as the start of the Ancient ...