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An Egyptian military court sentenced 17 people to death on Thursday over their involvement in the 2016 and 2017 bombings of three churches and a police checkpoint that killed more than 80 people ...
Far from Cairo’s bustle, Egypt’s minority communities are fighting to preserve their ancient languages against the tide of ...
CAIRO—At least 41 people were killed and 14 injured when fire ripped through a Coptic church and children’s nursery in the Egyptian city of Giza as worshipers were gathering for Sunday ...
An Egyptian Church Fire’s Terrible Toll: 18 Children Killed At least 41 people died from smoke inhalation and a stampede when a fire swept through a Coptic Orthodox church on Sunday.
— The Egyptian Festival got underway Friday in North Tonawanda. The three-day event is a celebration of culture, food, and faith at St. Mary and St. Moses Coptic Orthodox Church in North Tonawanda.
The second, a few hours later in Alexandria, hit Saint Mark's Cathedral, the historic seat of the Coptic Pope, killing 17 people, including three police officers, and injuring 48, the ministry added.
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church says a priest has been killed in a knife attack in a poor Cairo district, the latest deadly assault on members of the country's Christian minority.
The Egyptian language evolved for thousands of years, but its final form—Coptic—continues to hold cultural and religious significance today. This video explores how Coptic developed from ...
The Coptic Orthodox Church named the monks killed as Monk Hegumen Takla el-Samuely, Monk Yostos ava Markos and Monk Mina ava Markos. All three were Egyptian nationals.
An Egyptian court on Saturday postponed to March 20 the trial of three Muslim men suspected of killing six Coptic Christians and a Muslim policeman in a drive-by shooting last month.
CAIRO — Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church says a priest has been killed in a knife attack in a poor Cairo district, the latest deadly assault on members of the country’s Christian minority.