Coptic Christians
Copts celebrate Easter as Pope Tawadros calls for ‘enlightening ideas’
Egypt
May 1, 2016
Copts celebrate Easter as Pope Tawadros calls for ‘enlightening ideas’
Coptic Christians celebrated the Orthodox Easter festival on Saturday and Sunday with masses and sermons across Egypt and abroad, as…
Copts of New Valley celebrate Palm Sunday in the oases
Egypt
April 24, 2016
Copts of New Valley celebrate Palm Sunday in the oases
Hundreds of Coptic Christians flocked to the churches of New Valley governorate on Sunday to celebrate Palm Sunday and the…
Egypt’s Christians celebrate Christmas amid tight security
Egypt
January 7, 2016
Egypt’s Christians celebrate Christmas amid tight security
Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Christians flocked to churches Wednesday night to attend Masses on Christmas Eve across the predominantly Muslim country,…
1,233 Coptic Christians head to Jerusalem for Easter
Egypt
April 5, 2015
1,233 Coptic Christians head to Jerusalem for Easter
1,233 Egyptian Christians departed from Cairo on Friday, heading to Jerusalem for the upcoming Easter celebrations, an anonymous airport source…
HRW: Libya beheading a war crime
Egypt
February 17, 2015
HRW: Libya beheading a war crime
The beheading of 21 Coptic Egyptians by the Islamic State in Libya last week represents a war crime, US-based Human…
Security objects to planned demo over Libya beheadings
Egypt
February 17, 2015
Security objects to planned demo over Libya beheadings
A group of Coptic Christians has decided to cancel a protest planned this afternoon in Shubra, north of Cairo, to…
Hundreds march to St. Mark’s Cathedral over church attack
Egypt
April 9, 2013
Hundreds march to St. Mark’s Cathedral over church attack
Hundreds marched from Al-Fatah Mosque in Cairo’s Ramses neighborhood to St. Mark’s Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Abbasseya on Tuesday to…
Update: Clashes resume at Abbasseya cathedral after attack
Egypt
April 7, 2013
Update: Clashes resume at Abbasseya cathedral after attack
Coptic Pope Tawadros II called for calm among all parties to preserve the nation’s safety, Egyptians’ lives and national unity…
Priest: Khosous clashes caused by family feud, incitement
Egypt
April 6, 2013
Priest: Khosous clashes caused by family feud, incitement
Priest Suriel of the Mar Girgis Church in Khosous has said the sectarian clashes that have rocked the Qalyubiya Governorate…