Long Islanders with ties to Egypt feel grateful — blessed really — that they can practice their unique form of Christianity peacefully, unlike many of their fellow faithful in other parts of the world ...

St. Mark’s Coptic Orthodox Church invited the Burr Ridge community this weekend for a look at its culture and faith, a sampling of some authentic Egyptian food and even camel rides at the 15th annual ...

Pope Francis and Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II pose for a photo with Cardinal Kurt Koch, prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity, and the delegation that accompanied Pope Tawadros to ...

Community filmmaker Tom Gadelrab shares a weekend in his Egyptian Christian Coptic faith. In this community filmmaker video from Making Buffalo Home, Tom Gadelrab from Lockport, NY talks about how ...

Read full article: Friends and family gather to remember 19-year-old who died in motorcycle crash on the Buckman Bridge JSO looking for Alexander Rivera-Russo in connection with a deadly hit-and-run ...

After one trip into Libya as a migrant worker, Tawadros Youssef Tawadros reported that he had been warned that his Christian name -- "Theodore," in English -- might anger Muslim radicals. His widow, ...

Oct. 18—Along with Halloween fun, October is proving to be a good month for Bakersfield to learn more about different churches and cultures. After last week's Bakersfield Greek Food Festival, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There was no escape from the dust in Cairo. That was especially true in Manshiyat Nasser, known to visitors as Cairo’s “Garbage ...

The smell of freshly made basbousa filled the air as Umm Kulthum’s music boomed over hundreds of people chatting in Arabic and English. At Saint Antonius Coptic Orthodox Church’s King Tut Festival in ...

The relics of 21 Coptic martyrs killed by ISIS in Libya will be venerated in St. Peter’s Basilica on Thursday evening at an ecumenical prayer service marking their first official feast day in the ...

Many churches are quieter in the daytime during the summer. St. Mina’s Coptic Orthodox Church on Route 34 in Holmdel, however, is a beehive of activity. I arrived on the first day of the six-week ...

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, where ...