Three monks belonging to Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church were killed in an attack on Tuesday at a monastery in South Africa. The attack occurred at the Saint Mark the Apostle and Saint Samuel the ...

February 2019 marks the fourth anniversary of the murder of the 21 Coptic Orthodox Christians by Daesh in Libya. The event might not be memorable for some. However, for those who saw it, it is ...

In a message sent Sunday to the leader of the Coptic Orthodox Church, Pope Francis said advances toward reconciliation are strengthened by the martyrs and that Christians must unite to confront shared ...

Omdurman, Jan. 26, 2026 (SUNA) - Prime Minister Dr. Kamil Idris met on Monday with a number of Coptic citizens at the Virgin Mary Church in the Al-Musalama neighbourhood of Omdurman. He was welcomed ...

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 persecution and hardship. Though there is no ...

The relics of 21 Coptic martyrs killed by ISIS in Libya will be venerated in St. Peter’s Basilica on Thursday evening at an ecumenical prayer service marking their first official feast day in the ...

Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas on January 7. The Cops in Egypt, a predominantly Muslim country, are one of the oldest Christian communities in the world.

The Vatican is formally recognizing 21 Coptic Orthodox workers who were beheaded by Islamic militants in Libya as martyrs with their own feast day, in a significant new ecumenical gesture aimed at ...

Wael Saad, a former monk of the Coptic Orthodox Church, was executed on Sunday for the 2018 murder of Bishop Epiphanius, the abbot of St. Macarius Monastery. Saad’s brother told Reuters the family was ...

Father Timotheus Soliman, of St. John the Baptist Coptic Orthodox Church, in Miramar. Orthodox Christians around the world, including members of the Coptic, Russian and Greek Orthodox churches, will ...

The celebration was attended by members of the Coptic Orthodox community, alongside representatives of the Egyptian diplomatic mission in Washington, underscoring the close and enduring ties between ...