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May 3, 2024 · Copt, a member of Egypt’s indigenous Christian ethno-religious community, predominantly of the Coptic Orthodox Church. Copts trace their ancestry to the pre-Islamic Egyptians and their faith to the evangelism of St. Mark.
Apr 29, 2024 · Apr. 28, 2024, 4:48 AM ET (CBC) Coptic Christians violently attacked in Egypt. Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, Oriental Orthodox church and principal Christian church in predominantly Muslim Egypt.
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19 hours ago · When Saint Francis made his legendary journey to Egypt in 1219, he was wearing the humble tunic which went on to become characteristic of his followers. Now, 800 years later, that tunic – or part of it – has made a return to the country. A piece of the garment - which counts as a second-class relic of the saint - arrived in Cairo on the 23 ...
4 days ago · Pope Francis met with Tawadros in May 2023 to mark the 50-year anniversary of restored relations between the Catholic Church and the Coptic Orthodox Church. However, since March, formal ecumenical ...
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4 days ago · The Coptic Orthodox Church ( Coptic: Ϯⲉⲕ̀ⲕⲗⲏⲥⲓⲁ ⲛ̀ⲣⲉⲙⲛ̀ⲭⲏⲙⲓ ⲛ̀ⲟⲣⲑⲟⲇⲟⲝⲟⲥ, romanized: Ti-eklisia en-remenkimi en-orthodhoxos, lit. 'the Egyptian Orthodox Church'), also known as the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria, is an Oriental Orthodox Christian church based in Egypt.
3 days ago · Christianity in Egypt dates to the very beginnings of the faith and nearly 10% of the country’s population of 111 million are Christian. Most Egyptian Christians belong to the Coptic Orthodox Church, while about 2.5% belong to the Coptic Catholic Church and other particular churches.
1 day ago · A Coptic Orthodox church dedicated to the 21 Martyrs of Libya was opened in 2018 in the village of al-Our in Egypt, a village that was home to 13 of the martyred men. The Coptic Orthodox Church declared the 21 Coptic Christians as martyr saints within only a week of their murder in 2015 along the Libyan coast.
