Yet even as her focus shifted, she found herself quietly collecting religious souvenirs – plastic icons, rosaries, pillows and tapestries adorned with Jesus, the Virgin Mary or one of the saints.

A newly revealed, centuries-old papyrus fragment suggests that some early Christians might have believed Jesus was married. The fragment, written in Coptic, a language used by Egyptian Christians ...

Nevine El-Aref, Monday 12 Aug 2013 'Thief' reportedly tried to get rid of the Coptic icon of Mary and Jesus when he realised customs would check his bag ...

Scientists who examined a controversial papyrus fragment written in Egyptian Coptic in which Jesus speaks of his wife concluded that the papyrus and ink are probably not a modern forgery.

Antiquities officials at Hurghada International Airport foiled an attempt on Monday to smuggle an antique Coptic icon out of Egypt. According to Naglaa El-Kobrosly, director of the Antiquities ...

The structure, history and practices of the Coptic Orthodox Church, the main Christian Church in Egypt and one of the oldest churches outside the Holy Land.

A Harvard historian has unveiled a fourth-century fragment of Coptic writing that suggests that some early Christians might have believed Jesus was married. Karen L. King, a historian at Harvard ...

A newly revealed, centuries-old papyrus fragment suggests that some early Christians might have believed Jesus was married. The fragment, written in Coptic, a language used by Egyptian Christians ...