Three monks from Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church were killed on Tuesday in an attack at a monastery in South Africa. The motive for the attack is unknown.

Deacons walk down the aisle during the Procession of the Lamb during the Orthodox Christmas celebrations at St. Paul Coptic Orthodox Mission Church on Friday. Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times SHARE ...

He served the Church for more than 70 years as a servant, consecrated deacon, monk, bishop, and metropolitan, ... 1990. For eight months (from March 22 to November 18, 2012), he assumed the ...

Pope Tawadros II, the Pope of Alexandria and head of the Coptic Orthodox Church, ... The Easter Mass was attended by a large group of worshippers as well as senior bishops, priests and deacons.

The Vatican is formally recognizing 21 Coptic Orthodox workers who were beheaded by Islamic militants in Libya as martyrs with their own feast day, in a significant new ecumenical gesture aimed at ...

The Coptic Orthodox church marks time by its martyrs. Its ecclesial calendar begins in AD 284, year 1 Anno Martyrii (Year of the Martyrs), when Emperor Diocletian ascended to the throne and put ...

Pope Francis and the Orthodox Coptic pope, Tawadros II, delivered a joint blessing Wednesday from St. Peter’s Square in a significant ecumenical gesture to commemorate the 50th anniversary of a ...

Carrie Frederick Frost, left, addresses a symposium on women deacons held Nov. 10-12, 2023, at Hellenic College Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology and St. Mary Orthodox Church in ...

Visitors to St. Mary Coptic Orthodox Church of Maryland in Cooksville this weekend can experience a Mediterranean market, purchase Egyptian souvenirs, and try out Mediterranean cuisine while ...