While the Catholic Church continues to debate deaconesses, some Orthodox Churches have already embraced them, and still others look on with caution. Ani-Kristi Manvelian, 24, was ordained as a ...

NASHVILLE — More than 2,000 Coptic Christians poured into St. Pishoy Coptic Orthodox Church facilities in Antioch Friday night for a chance to see the pope. The smell of incense wafted in the air, a ...

St. Mark’s Coptic Orthodox Church invited the Burr Ridge community this weekend for a look at its culture and faith, a sampling of some authentic Egyptian food and even camel rides at the 15th annual ...

Egyptian Americans from Westchester County's Coptic community observed Easter Saturday night like many Christians: first darkness, then light. Worshipers at Virgin Mary and Saint Demiana Coptic ...

FILE - Coptic Orthodox deacon pray during Easter mass, at Holy Cross Church in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, May 1, 2021. An Egyptian court Saturday, June 12, 2022, sentenced a man to die for the April ...

Today, I join the Coptic Orthodox Christian community in observing Global Coptic Day—a celebration of the ancient heritage, rich culture, and reverent worship of the Coptic Orthodox Church. Tracing ...

Many churches are quieter in the daytime during the summer. St. Mina’s Coptic Orthodox Church on Route 34 in Holmdel, however, is a beehive of activity. I arrived on the first day of the six-week ...

A Kirkland church has a painful connection to the Palm Sunday church bombings in Egypt that killed at least 44 people. A priest at St. George Coptic Orthodox Church served for years at one of the ...

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