CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church says a bishop has been found dead inside a monastery in the desert northwest of Cairo. Bishop Epiphanius is head of Anba Makar Monastery near Wadi ...

FILE - In this May 27, 2017 file photo, a priest walks in front of St. Samuel the Confessor Monastery in Maghagha, Egypt. Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church says it will not accept new monks in ...

CAIRO – Egypt's Coptic Church said Wednesday that prosecutors are investigating the death of a monk who had until recently served in a monastery northwest of Cairo where the abbot was killed in July, ...

During the Coptic era, Egypt knew the arts, architecture, and other cultural manifestations characteristic of that stage, which came influenced by the Pharaonic civilization and continued with the ...

A gun attack that killed at least 26 Coptic Christians on a bus in Egypt is just the latest assault on the religious minority group, which has been a target for deadly violence throughout its history.

CAPE TOWN, South AfricaCAPE TOWN, South Africa — Three Egyptian monks belonging to the Coptic Orthodox Church were fatally stabbed in an attack at a monastery in South Africa and a suspect has been ...

CAIRO – Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church said Thursday it will not be taking in new monks in monasteries nationwide for a year after the unresolved death of the abbot of a prominent monastery in the ...