Four months ago, the first Coptic Catholic church in New Jersey and one of the few Coptic Catholic churches in the United States, Jesus the King Church, opened in Perth Amboy, New Jersey. The Register ...

From its record-breaking scale to its Coptic-inspired design, the Cathedral of the Nativity of Christ stands as a symbol of ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. For 17 years, Sally Zakhari said she told ...

Inside the one-story building still bearing its convenience-store sign at the curb, pastor James Gendi began his sermon. "The opening of a new church is always an exciting time," the priest said. "We ...

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 ...

Atlas Obscura on Slate is a blog about the world’s hidden wonders. Like us on Facebook and Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter. Large Christian communities are not abundant in Muslim-dominated Egypt. One ...

Long Islanders with ties to Egypt feel grateful — blessed really — that they can practice their unique form of Christianity peacefully, unlike many of their fellow faithful in other parts of the world ...

TORONTO — On the corner of Glendinning Avenue in Scarborough, Ontario — removed from the bright lights and bustling city life of downtown Toronto — lies an unimposing church of deep significance to ...

KERDASA, Egypt – Guards stood inside the scorched and ransacked interior of a decades-old church Sunday in the village of Kerdasa, not far from the pyramids at Giza, the sanctuary's altar destroyed ...

Paul Rowe has received funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada for his research. Among the Christians of the Middle East, the largest number – some eight million or ...