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 Coptic Orthodox church marks time by its martyrs. Its ecclesial calendar begins in AD 284, year 1 Anno Martyrii (Year of the Martyrs), when Emperor Diocletian ascended to the throne and put ...

The Australian Chamber Orchestra collaborates with Egyptian-Australian composer and oud player Joseph Tawadros to evoke the cross-cultural bazaar that was Vivaldi’s Venice.

The Coptic Orthodox Church announced that three monks were attacked and murdered Tuesday in the Coptic monastery of St. Mark and St. Bishop Samuel the Confessor in Cullinan, South Africa, 18 miles ...

Three Egyptian Coptic monks have been "brutally killed" inside a monastery in South Africa, the Church has said. Father Takla Moussa, Father Minah ava Marcus and Father Youstos ava Marcus were ...

Three Egyptian Coptic monks were killed inside a monastery in Gauteng, according to the Coptic Orthodox Church. The church's spokesperson said in a statement posted on Facebook on Tuesday: "Three ...

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 ...

Pope Francis, right, arrives for his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square at The Vatican, with the leader of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, Tawadros II, Wednesday, May 10 ...

The Coptic church will invest another $40,000 to add Coptic church artwork this month, he said. The architectural firm has developed a master plan for the surrounding acreage to be completed in ...

Pope Francis said Thursday that the Coptic Orthodox martyrs killed by ISIS in 2015 will be added to the Catholic Church’s official list of saints. He also received a relic of the martyrs ...

In an unusual move, Pope Francis formally inserted 21 Coptic Orthodox martyrs killed by ISIS into the church’s formal martyrology, making one of the rare occasions in which non-Catholics have ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis and the Coptic Orthodox pope, Tawadros II, delivered a joint blessing Wednesday from St. Peter’s Square in a significant ecumenical gesture to commemorate the ...