The Coptic Church, the largest in Egypt, belongs to the Oriental Orthodox communion, whose practices resemble Eastern Orthodoxy. It split from the Eastern and Western church in the 5th century.

King Charles III greeted on arrival by Archbishop Angaelos, Coptic Orthodox Archbishop of London and Papal Legate to the United Kingdom, Dec. 5, 2023. (Credit: Coptic Orthodox Church UK.) ...

Tawadros II, Coptic Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria, presides over a funeral liturgy for victims of the Dec. 11, 2016 bomb attack on his cathedral. (photo: Courtesy photo / Aid to the Church in Need) ...

In recent years, some in the Coptic Orthodox Church have tried to revive this ancient language. In 2021, the Coptic Orthodox Diocese of London began offering weekly Coptic language classes over Zoom.

In France, home to some 45,000 Coptic Christians, police have beefed up security around 19 churches across the country ahead of the January 7 holiday and in light of online threats.

The patriarch of Alexandria, Archbishop Ibrahim Sidrak, told ACN that even though Christians in Egypt still experience different kinds of persecution, Coptic Catholics in the country — who ...

The patriarch of Egypt’s 10 million Coptic Orthodox Christians said his community has been squeezed by decades of government regulations on the number and size of churches. In Sunday’s blaze ...

Four months ago, the first Coptic Catholic church in New Jersey and one of the few Coptic Catholic churches in the United States, Jesus the King Church, opened in Perth Amboy, New Jersey. The ...

Archaeologists Unearth Three Ancient Churches in Egypt That Reveal Coptic Graffiti Scribbled by Monks on the Walls In a land where the echoes of pharaohs still haunt the ruins, a different kind of ...

TANTA, Egypt (AP) — Bombs exploded at two Coptic churches in different cities in northern Egypt as worshippers were celebrating Palm Sunday, killing at least 43 people and wounding about 100 in ...

Funerals were held in two Cairo churches Sunday evening for 41 victims of a fire that ripped through a Coptic Christian church during mass, forcing worshippers to jump out of windows. The blaze, ...

St. Louis, Mo., Aug 15, 2022 / 14:38 pm A massive fire at a Coptic Orthodox church in Egypt claimed the lives of 41 people on Sunday — a devastating blow for a Christian community long beset by ...