Egypt, while one of the richest countries in terms of historical ... The next day was spent in Alexandria with a stop at a very old but busy Coptic monastery along the way. Our evening dinner at the ...

He has been head of the Coptic monastery in Jaffa since 1948 and has made several visits to Egypt.

Thanks to a project backed by the Lombardy Region, Milan’s Ambrosiana Library has digitised an important collection of Arabic ...

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 ...

Laced Mummy With Ancient King's 'Secret Keeper' Discovered, Leaves Archaeologists Stunned In recent years, archaeologists from Egypt unearthed a tomb near the capital city, Cairo, revealing what might ...

the ruins of St. Colmcille’s sixth-century monastery and the intriguing Tau Cross that suggests early seafaring links to the Coptic Christians of Egypt. The island also boasts an abundance of ...

A cornerstone of Cairo’s Coptic heritage, the Hanging Church – officially known as Saint Virgin Mary’s Coptic Orthodox Church – is one of the oldest and most celebrated Christian sites in Egypt ...

The history of the Coptic Orthodox Church goes back to Mark, the apostle and author of the Gospel who first brought the Christian faith to Egypt. According to tradition ... and a well-known icon from ...

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 ...