Orthodox and Western Christians find themselves united in a rare occurrence: celebrating the resurrection of Christ on the ...

As the killings in Gaza continue, Israel prevents many Christians from reaching holy sites or homes in Jerusalem.

U.S. President Donald Trump is threatening to cut another $1 billion in funding for Harvard University, this time targeting ...

Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church is working to unify the date of Easter celebrations across all Christian denominations.

This year, Orthodox Easter will be observed on the same day as the Western one: Sunday, 20 ... Christian denominations There are some differences, though, in religious observance. For Coptic ...

Britain said on Sunday two of its fighter jets had intercepted Russian aircraft over the Baltic Sea close to NATO alliance airspace in separate incidents on Tuesday and Thursday.

Egypt and North Africa: European missionaries encountering Coptic Christians in Egypt and North ... Curse of Ham (Genesis 9:20-27): Europeans interpreted Noah’s curse on Ham’s descendant ...

And the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, the 20-member panel of generals ... “I have started to calm down.” The Coptic branch of Christianity dates to the first century A.D. when, scholars ...

Pope Francis has made greater unity with the Orthodox a priority of his pontificate; he has especially expressed his desire ...

When Xenia Nikolskaya first went to Egypt in 2006, she thought she knew what she was looking for. Born and raised in the ...