Is Christianity a dying religion? Anyone watching the huge crowds assembled to hear the popular new Pope’s Christmas message yesterday would have concluded that the news of the death of Christianity had…
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“Every day we leave our house, not knowing what will happen,” says Girgis, an Egyptian Catholic from Helwan, a city south of the Egyptian capital of Cairo, who preferred not to use…
Reconciliation in the Incarnation Reconciliation is nothing new in Christianity, and its importance has become more evident both in the lives of individuals and, on a larger scale, in that of communities.…
A prominent judge in Egypt has called on the government to ensure the equitable treatment of Copts in the country. Judge Amir Ramzi has insisted Egyptian government needs to criminalize discrimination, as…
Copts in the village of Tarshoub, Beni Suef, Upper Egypt, are experiencing intimidation after extremists attacked them on Monday. Aggressors threw stones at Coptic homes, burned a tuk-tuk truck owned by a…
23 December 2013, by Orla Guerin As Coptic Christians in Egypt prepare to celebrate their Christmas on 7 January, they are still waiting for scores of churches destroyed in August to…
Egypt’s Interim President Adli Mansour has promised he would secure churches during the upcoming holidays and during the time of the referendum and elections. Mina Magdi, coordinator of the Maspero Youth Union…
by Raymond Ibrahim December 17, 2013 at 4:00 am [Gatestone Institute in New York is a think-tank politically taking a robust pro-Israel line. ] “Don’t they know that the Koran orders us…
Dr. Ashraf Ramelah, an Egyptian Christian activist and founder of Voice of the Copts, said in a recent interview with Arab media that the new constitution being discussed in Egypt is further…
Coptic Orthodox Church UK Media and Communications Office His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales visited The Coptic Orthodox Church Centre in the United Kingdom on 17 December 2013 after expressing concern…