Unlike most Coptic congregations ... one of the largest counties in the Commonwealth and home to several old, historic churches, is one of the least churched parts of Virginia.

Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church mourned on Sunday the passing of Metropolitan Elder and Acting Patriarch Pakhomious, who died ...

According to legend, it was St. Mark who introduced Christianity to Egypt, and it was here that Africa's first Christian church – the Coptic Church of Egypt – thrived. To learn more about ...

In the aftermath of President Mohammed Morsi’s overthrow earlier this summer, Egypt’s Coptic Church has faced an onslaught of persecution. Pro-Morsi supporters vented their anger by burning ...

Last year, the congregants started applying for permitting to rebuild their church in Port Kells. Steve Faltas, project ...

The area now called Old Cairo, known as Misr EI Kadhna ... Al-Muallaqa (Hanging Church), dedicated to the Virgin Mary, Patriarchal See of the Coptic Church in the early centuries. The Church of St.

Angie Alfred is a 40-year-old Coptic mother of two, and tells SBS Arabic 24 she was in an abusive marriage for 15 years. “The people of the church feel they have to stay in the marriage no ...

Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church mourned on Sunday the passing of Metropolitan Elder and Acting Patriarch Pakhomious, who died at nearly 90 years old after a lifetime of devoted service to the ...