Tag: Coptic

Coptic Christians in the Egyptian Church have been nominated for the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize to be announced on October 5 and awarded in December.

A young coptic boy from a small village in Egypt’s Minya region, who saw his father killed by Islamic militants, dreams of becoming a police officer so he can prevent similar attacks.

An Egyptian court has sentenced to death a man who was convicted of murdering a Coptic priest last year.

Islamic militants who shot and killed a man on Saturday in Egypt because of his cross tattoo have pledged to kill more people.

Egyptian security officials say gunmen have shot dead a Coptic  Christian man in the turbulent north of the Sinai Peninsula.

In the southern rural part, an an area known as the Minya governorate, the governor gave 21 Egyptian churches the green light to rebuild and expand.

Egyptian Christians are crying out for help as they continue to deal with terrible persecution as a result of their faith in Jesus. Authorities continue to close down Churches across the country.

The unrelenting martyrdom of Coptic Christians in Egypt has drawn divergent views from within and outside the Church, Religion News Service writes.

A Coptic Orthodox priest has been stabbed to death in Cairo, Egypt. The Coptic Orthodox Church in the UK has decried what he said was injustice.

A group of Muslims reportedly rioted earlier in September in Minya, Egypt, against a Facebook post that called on Jesus to touch the hearts of terrorists.