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5 days ago · It was nine years ago -- February 15, 2015 -- that 20 Coptic Orthodox Christians, mostly from Egypt, and one Ghanaian Catholic, were beheaded by members of ISIS on a beach in Libya....
4 days ago · By Courtney Mares. Rome Newsroom, Feb 15, 2024 / 09:03 am (CNA). The relics of 21 Coptic martyrs killed by ISIS in Libya will be venerated in St. Peter’s Basilica on Thursday evening at an ecumenical prayer service marking their first official feast day in the Catholic Church.
4 days ago · 18. **The 21 Coptic Martyrs of Libya** (d. 2015) - Twenty-one Egyptian Coptic Christians were beheaded by ISIS on a beach in Libya for refusing to renounce their faith. Their martyrdom has been commemorated by the Coptic Orthodox Church. 19. **The Martyrs of El Salvador** (d. 1980-1991)
4 days ago · The small northern Iraqi city of Qaraqosh, with a population of 60,000, 99% of whom are Catholic, woke up nine years ago on the morning of Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2014, to the sound of indiscriminate mortar shells that fell on houses. Three people were killed: 32-year-old Inaam Ishua Boulis, 5-year-old David Adeeb Elias Shmeis, and 9-year-old Milad ...
1 day ago · The term Coptic remains exclusive however to the Egyptian natives, as opposed to the Christians of non-Egyptian origins. Some Protestant churches for instance are called " Coptic Evangelical Church ", thus helping differentiate their native Egyptian congregations from churches attended by non-Egyptian immigrant communities such as Europeans or ...
3 days ago · Christian churches are being called on to hold a one-minute moment of silence followed by prayer for the 21 Coptic Christians murdered by ISIS militants in Libya.
3 days ago · An unlawfully detained Christian convert awaiting trial for more than three years in Egypt has been denied medical treatment despite his deteriorating health. On Dec. 15, 2021, Yemeni refugee Abdulbaqi Saeed Abdo was arrested inside his home after Cairo police stormed his property. During the raid, no one was shown necessary legal warrants or ...
