As monks' quarters and graffiti-laced walls are revealed beneath the desert sun, a long-forgotten chapter of Christian ...

After taking his vows, he was assigned to small St. Anthony Coptic Monastery outside Barstow, California—from which he took his name—then was dispatched to a church in Tasmania, off Australia ...

Pope Tawadros II, the head of Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church, has defrocked a monk following investigations into the suspicious murder of a prominent bishop in a monastery northwest of Cairo ...

DUBAI, April 21 (Reuters) - Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church mourned Pope Francis on Monday, saying he was "a true example of Christian humility". Sign up here. Africacategory South Africa to probe ...

On 30 March, Egypt and the Coptic Orthodox Church lost a towering ... and the Five Western Cities, and Abbot of the Monastery of Saint Macarius the Alexandrian. Born on 17 December 1935 in ...

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 ...

The incident occurred hours after three Egyptian Coptic monks were killed inside a monastery in Gauteng. The monks were stabbed to death at a church in Cullinan and the assailants left without taking ...

Bentley Layton, the pre-eminent scholar of his generation of the late ancient Egyptian language, Coptic, died on March 26 at his home ... and the writings of the Egyptian monk Shenoute of Atripe. He ...

Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church Says Pope Francis Was Example of Christian Humility DUBAI (Reuters) - Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church mourned Pope Francis on Monday, saying he was "a true example of ...

Egypt and the Coptic Orthodox Church lost a towering figure — and it is no exaggeration to say it was a loss for humanity as well.