Visitors to St. Mary Coptic Orthodox Church of Maryland in Cooksville this weekend can experience a Mediterranean market, purchase Egyptian souvenirs, and try out Mediterranean cuisine while ...

CAPE TOWN, South AfricaCAPE TOWN, South Africa — Three Egyptian monks belonging to the Coptic Orthodox Church were fatally stabbed in an attack at a monastery in South Africa and a suspect has been ...

CAIRO – Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church said Thursday it will not be taking in new monks in monasteries nationwide for a year after the unresolved death of the abbot of a prominent monastery in the ...

The annual celebration marking the martyrdom of Saint Catherine began on Monday at Saint Catherine’s Monastery, with the ...

CAIRO – A fire tore through a packed Egyptian Coptic Orthodox church in greater Cairo early Sunday, setting off a stampede and killing at least 41 people, including several children and the church’s ...

A fire ripped through a packed Coptic Orthodox church during morning services in Egypt’s capital on Sunday, quickly filling it with thick black smoke and killing 41 worshippers, including at least 15 ...

At least 40 people — most of them children — have died in a fire in a Coptic Orthodox church in Giza Governorate, Egypt, on Sunday, according to government and church officials. Thirty-five children ...

The Saint Mary Coptic Orthodox Church on Frederick Road in Cooksville is having an Egyptian Festival on Saturday, Oct. 6, from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 7, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. There will ...

The faithful mourned the 41 people, including 18 children, who died during Mass at the Martyr Abu Sefein Church in Cairo Egyptian mourners carry the coffin of Ibram Tamer Wageh (right), a boy killed ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The attacks in Egypt have subsided recently amid tighter security around Christian places of worship in the Muslim-majority country. CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Three ...