Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Christians -- joined by President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi -- packed into the heavily fortified Christ’s Nativity Cathedral for Christmas Eve Mass Saturday after a violent year in ...

Close to a quarter-million security forces will stand guard outside Christmas celebrations throughout Egypt next week, following a series of church and mosque bombings that rocked the country earlier ...

Egyptian Orthodox Christians Copts celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ on January 7th, a date equivalent to the 29th day of the Coptic month of "kiohk, or Khiahk". In December 2002, January 7 was ...

This Coptic Christian village about 280 miles south of Cairo calls itself "Little Jerusalem." Around this time of year, many of the village's 40,000 residents recall their frequent pilgrimages to the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CAIRO (Reuters) - The head of the Coptic Church, Pope Tawadros II, led midnight mass in the cathedral of Egypt's new ...

CAIRO — Egypt’s minority Christians were celebrating their first Christmas after the election of an Islamist president and a new pope — and following adoption of a constitution many argue has an ...

This Coptic Christian village about 280 miles south of Cairo calls itself "Little Jerusalem." Advertisement Article continues below this ad "We make our own papier-maché scenes of the Grotto of ...

Egypt’s Christians packed churches Thursday for mournful Christmas Eve Masses, weeping and donning black in place of colorful holiday clothes, under a heavy security cordon by police out of fear of ...

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Christians flocked to churches Wednesday night to attend Masses on Christmas Eve across the predominantly Muslim country, as the government continues to battle a ...