Close to a quarter-million security forces will stand guard outside Christmas celebrations throughout Egypt next week, following a series of church and mosque bombings that rocked the country ...

Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Christians—joined by President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi—packed into the heavily fortified Christ’s Nativity Cathedral for Christmas Eve mass Saturday after a violent ...

EL KOSHEH, Egypt (RNS) — Some argue this ancient community should move its Christmas celebration from Jan. 7 to Dec. 25 as a sign of global Christian unity.

Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Christians flocked to attend Christmas Eve mass across the predominantly Muslim country on Monday evening. President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi attended mass at the Cathedral of ...

Christmas in Egypt Aurelie Winker / als 12/23/2012 December 23, 2012. Egypt has hit the headlines in the past few weeks with the clashes on the street and the referendum on the constitution.

Throughout Egypt, Christmas lights and other displays were everywhere. Like the West, homes are decorated with lights and Christmas trees. Some Christmas trees are real, but many are artificial.

There are no glittering strings of lights on the streets of Cairo as Egypt approaches the Christmas holiday, celebrated by Coptic Orthodox Christians on Jan. 7. Religious celebrations are hushed ...

My wife and I lived in Egypt and celebrated four Christmases there. We bore in mind that the Egyptian environment is not unlike the area where Christ was born. The Holy Land is not known for ...

Because Coptic Christians follow the Julian calendar, they celebrate Christmas Eve on Jan. 6, and feasts are held on Christmas Day, Jan. 7. Some now argue this ancient community should change the ...