This Christmas time feels different. Our joy and comfort seem more precious than in other years. We feel united in our sense of having lived through what was unimaginable until Sept. 11. We knew that ...

CAIRO (AP) — 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 ...

We know that Jesus was born into a Roman imperial occupation, and pretty much immediately becomes a refugee in Egypt, has to ...

CAIRO - 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 ...

The flight of the holy family is more than a historical curiosity. It points us toward the breadth and beauty of God’s redemption. The Christmas story is not a story of peace and quiet but a tale of ...

Three men in a car fired into a crowd of churchgoers at midnight Mass for Coptic Christmas in Egypt, killing at least seven people.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK, USA, June 19, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- As the holiday season approaches, Bazaar in Egypt is delighted to unveil its exquisite collection of ...

Christmas trees originated in Egypt. The Egyptians had a festival honoring Horus, son of Isis who was the goddess of motherhood and fertility. The tree was a palm that had 12 leaves to symbolize the ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Coptic Christians around the world are on alert for possible copycat attacks ahead of their Christmas on Friday after Islamist radicals hailed a deadly church bombing in Egypt ...

CAIRO (Reuters) - The head of the Coptic Church, Pope Tawadros II, led midnight mass in the cathedral of Egypt's new administrative capital on Saturday, a service attended by President Abdel Fattah al ...