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6 days ago · On the evening of April 23, a large number of Egyptian Muslims gathered and attacked Coptic Christian homes in Minya Governorate’s village of Al-Fawakhir after a rumor spread that Christians had turned a home into a church.
Apr 10, 2017 · In Muslim-majority Egypt, Coptic Christians are often the victims of persecution and repeated attacks on their churches, and have a history of being scapegoated and marginalised by the state.
- Steven Viney
Dec 18, 2014 · The Coptic Church of Egypt is the earliest Christian church in the world, going back to around 42 AD. According to Bishop Eusebius of Caesarea, as well as Coptic traditions, Saint Mark the evangelist, who wrote the earliest of the four New Testament gospels, was the founder and first bishop of the Church of Alexandria, even before the Church of Rome was established.
Nov 14, 2023 · 11/14/2023 Egypt (International Christian Concern) – ICC has released a report detailing the influence and presence of Christianity in Egypt for thousands of years, namely Coptic Christianity, and the nature of persecution this historic community has faced. Being nearly twenty centuries old, Coptic Christianity has endured an almost unbroken ...
Coptic years are counted from 284 AD, the year Diocletian became Roman Emperor, whose reign was marked by tortures and mass executions of Christians, especially in Egypt. Hence, the Coptic year is identified by the abbreviation A.M. (for Anno Martyrum or "Year of the Martyrs").
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.
Coptic narratives of persecution are grounded in the historical memory of “the Era of Martyrs,” a massacre of hundreds of thousands of Copts beginning in 302 AD under the Emperor Diocletian (which marks the beginning of the Coptic calendar), such that the church acts as the protector of a minority perceived to be under siege throughout its ...
