Meeting on a possible forced closure of the world’s oldest continuously active Christian monastery, Greek and Egyptian ...

The 64-year-old Coptic abbot was discovered near his cell at the Monastery of St. Macarius ... Enforced disappearances are not uncommon in Egypt, according to Amnesty International.

Hundreds of Coptic monasteries once flourished in the deserts of Egypt, but today roughly 20 remain, as well as seven convents, operated by more than 1,000 Coptic monks and about 600 nuns.

One bus was carrying a family returning from a baptism. CAIRO -- At least seven people were killed and at least 19 others were injured in an attack on several buses carrying Coptic Christians near ...

THE RED MONASTERY, Egypt – Locked inside a 6th ... The attacks in August illustrate the latest danger to Egypt's Coptic culture. Among the 40 churches attacked was a 1,600-year-old church ...

Pope Tawadros II, the head of Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church, and Pope Leo XIV, head of the Vatican, praised Egypt’s ...

While beheadings grab headlines, poverty and cultural friction push emigration to the West—where the welcome is not always ...

The pandemic forced the Head of Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church Pope Tawadros to lead the Easter mass last year at the desert Monastery of Saint Bishoy in Wadi El-Natrun without attendees.

Egypt says the sovereignty of a famous monastery is assured. Egypt’s foreign minister on Wednesday told his Greek counterpart ...

A ruling by an Egyptian court transferring ownership of one of the world's oldest monasteries to the state has provoked ...

Think of Egypt and the first thing that comes to ... Scholars have called the Red Monastery “the Coptic Sistine chapel.” Its walls are covered with paintings of the church’s prophets ...

Turmoil in Egypt has led to one of the worst persecutions ... Scholars have called the Red Monastery "the Coptic Sistine chapel." Its walls are covered with paintings of the church's prophets ...