June 1 marks Global Coptic Day, a worldwide celebration of the rich history and enduring faith of the Coptic Orthodox Church. The day commemorates the Holy Family’s biblical journey to Egypt ...

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The Nativity Icon from the 18th century AD is also among these. Various other icons and relics housed at The Hanging Church, including the Virgin Mary with Jesus as an infant, the Crowned Virgin Mary ...

Icons by Nikola Saric, Edmon Kamel, and Tony Rezk, were created shortly after the ISIS video was released, and had already become powerful symbols in the Coptic community by the time I started ...

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 ...

1-Hanging Church: The Hanging Church is in the Old Cairo district, in the middle of a group of Coptic monuments and opens with its main façade on St. George Street. This church was known as the ...

The Coptic Orthodox Church, of which St. Demiana is a local parish, is one of the oldest Christian churches. It dates back to ancient Egypt in A.D. 42 and is based on the teachings of St. Mark ...

Two large Coptic icons were dedicated at the church of St Joseph, Bunhill Row near the Barbican in London on Friday evening - the vigil of the solemnity of St Joseph. The ceremony was an extended ...

The Coptic Orthodox Church had already venerated the martyrs, 20 of whom were Egyptian workers and one Ghanaian, Matthew Ayariga. They were killed in a gruesome spectacle orchestrated by ISIS. Dressed ...

Pope Francis said Thursday that the Coptic Orthodox martyrs killed by ISIS in 2015 will be added to the Catholic Church’s official list of saints. He also received a relic of the martyrs ...

The Coptic Orthodox Church was established after the evangelism of Saint Mark in Egypt’s Alexandria in 44 AD. One of the oldest Churches in the world, it has a rich heritage and treasures multiple ...