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Many Eastern Orthodox churches are built to face east while all the church buildings of the Eastern Coptic church are designed to face east ( St. Mark’s in Alexandria is one). Buildings obtained from ...

Al-Monitor is an award-winning media outlet covering the Middle East, valued for its independence, diversity and analysis. It is read widely by US, international and Middle East decision makers at the ...

The Copts represent a living link to the region’s ancient history and its religious diversity, which is now under systematic threat.

O'Carroll writes: "The starting-point was Jerusalem. There was hesitancy and variation even ... where it had the special status of being celebrated with a procession. The Coptic Church celebrated a ...

A delegation from Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church attended the ordination ceremony of His Grace Abuna Basilios as the sixth ...

A policeman has been killed trying to defuse a bomb outside a Coptic Christian church in Egypt, security officials say. Mustafa Abid was reportedly a specialist in mine clearance. The explosion ...

“When Al-Azhar talks about Jerusalem in terms of jihad and resistance ... Muslim arson attacks on Coptic churches have a long ...

Orthodox Nativity With snow predicted to fall in Jerusalem on Wednesday ... most Orthodox Churches including the Greek Orthodox, Ethiopian, Russian Orthodox, Coptic and Syrian celebrate nativity ...