In the silence of the desert, Matta El Maskine (1919–2006) found God—and transformed modern Coptic monasticism. His life of ...

The Coptic branch of Christianity dates to ... illuminated manuscripts and other treasures culled from Egypt’s desert monasteries. I wandered past security police down an alley that dated ...

The subject of numerous controversies, she is defined by ambiguity, welcoming outcasts to the Church and provoking more ...

Egypt has a population of around 111 million people, of whom 90 are Sunni Muslim and 10 are Although they re 11 million ...

I’m a believer. Not in a higher power, but in the power of sacred spaces to move, challenge, educate and uplift me.

Two Russian ballistic missiles struck the northeastern Ukrainian city of Sumy on the morning of Palm Sunday, claiming at ...

According to legend, it was St. Mark who introduced Christianity to Egypt, and it was here that Africa's first Christian church – the Coptic Church of Egypt – thrived. To learn more about ...

This site is aimed to assist teaching across all disciplines, and was created in 2000-2003, managed by Stephen Quirke The Petrie Museum aims to provide translations of the site in Arabic and Spanish: ...

Brothers Bill and Hal stumble upon their father's old monkey toy in the attic of the house, and a series of shocking murders soon erupt, prompting the brothers to try to get rid of the toy.