Coptic artist Adel Nassif has been retelling Egypt's Christian history in beautiful icons in an effort to push back against what he describes as a trend towards low-quality mass production. “The time ...

CLINTON - You may have heard of a pop-up restaurant. The Museum of Russian Icons is now showing a pop-up exhibit of Ethiopian and Coptic icons and related materials. "From the Vault: Icons of Ethiopia ...

Customs officers at Cairo airport have seized three ancient Coptic icons that someone attempted to smuggle to the United States. Customs chief Mohamed al-Shahat said that personnel was suspicious of a ...

History is rife with instances in which art was used to deliver a specific message or set of beliefs; one of the most fascinating examples is Coptic iconography – an art form that first came to life ...

CAIRO, July 31 (UPI) -- Cairo airport customs officials said Wednesday they confiscated three ancient Coptic icons that a traveler tried to smuggle to the United States. The Egyptian publicly funded ...

Jo Coleman has joined our search for Divine Art and has been to see the icons inside the new Cathedral at the Coptic Orthodox Church Centre in Stevenage. An 'icon' is a religious picture used to ...

The carved-wood front doors imported from Egypt are the first clue that St. Mary Coptic Orthodox Church will tantalize the eyes once you walk in. The details not only represent art and craftsmanship, ...

Egypt’s Coptic Christian minority, the largest in the Middle East, might not be a community one would associate with Jersey City. Due to an ongoing cycle of persecution and discrimination in the ...

Coptic artist Adel Nassif has been retelling Egypt's Christian history in beautiful icons in an effort to push back against what he describes as a trend towards low-quality mass production. “The time ...

CAIRO, EGYPT—Customs officials seized three ancient Coptic Christian icons at the Cairo airport. The parcel was headed to the United States, but the intercepted icons were rerouted to the Ministry of ...