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 year in ...

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 ...

Coptic Christians in Egypt celebrated their Christmas on Tuesday in an atmosphere of uncertainty. There were dozens of attacks on churches and... Egypt's Coptic Christians Celebrate Christmas Amid ...

It was Christmas Eve last year when Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi extended his support to the Coptic Christian community, attending Mass at St. Mark’s Orthodox Coptic Church—a symbolic act ...

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 ...

This Coptic Christian village about 280 miles south of Cairo calls itself "Little Jerusalem." Around this time of year, many of the village's 40,000 residents recall their frequent pilgrimages to the ...

Were it not for the sanctuary that Egypt provided to Jews during the reign of Caesar Augustus, Christians might not have a ...

A policeman stands guard in front of Mar Mina church, in Helwan, Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Dec. 29, 2017, where several people were killed in a shootout outside the church. (Credit: Amr Nabil/AP.) Listen ...

A presidential decree making Christmas _ which falls on Tuesday on Egypt's Coptic Christian calendar _ a national holiday is focusing attention on relations between Christians and Muslims in this ...

Worshippers and politicians, including the president's son, filled a Cairo cathedral to celebrate Orthodox Christmas on Tuesday, marked for the first time as a national holiday in this predominantly ...