Today there exists in Egypt the Coptic rite which is Orthodox and the ... to the work of St. Maron in the 4th century who founded a monastery east of Antioch. Later monks moved to the mountains ...

The patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church led Egypt's minority Christians for the last four decades ... It was Pope Shenouda's wish to be buried at St Bishoy Monastery of Wadi al-Natrun in the Nile ...

The oldest icon of Jesus Christ and the Crucifixion is in St Catherine’s Monastery, Sinai, Egypt, from the 8th Century. As we know, the early Byzantine and post-Byzantine paintings continue the ...

Police complacency toward the kidnapping of Coptic Christians in Egypt has fostered a climate of impunity, according to a Christian persecution charity. The phenomenon of kidnapping Coptic Christians ...

He was a Byzantine emperor who reigned briefly in 641 AD following the death of his father, Emperor Heraclius. Born in 626 AD as Heraclius Constantine, Heraklonas was the son of Heraclius and his ...

Egyptian and American officials held "positive talks" regarding the governance of the Gaza Strip post-war, per two Egyptian sources cited by Reuters on Thursday.