Pope Tawadros II, the head of Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church, has defrocked a monk following investigations into the suspicious murder of a prominent bishop in a monastery northwest of Cairo ...

These inscriptions, deeply symbolic in nature, reflect the monks’ devotion to scripture ... change everything we know about Egypt’s Coptic heritage. These revelations also resonate with ...

Oman said it mediated a ceasefire deal between Yemen's Houthis and the U.S., marking a major shift in the Iran-aligned group's policy since the start of Israel's war in Gaza in October 2023 ...

(AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) Orthodox Christian monk Father Spyridon of Amorgos, looks out from the chapel of the Monastery of Panagia Hozoviotissa, in Amorgos island, Greece, Sunday, March 30 ...

Coptic Christians celebrated the Orthodox Easter festival on Saturday and Sunday with masses and sermons across Egypt and abroad, as the head of the Coptic Orthodox Church called for 'enlightening ...