Police said on Wednesday that the monks belonging to the Coptic Orthodox Church were fatallay stabbed and a suspect has been arrested. The monks were killed on Tuesday at the Saint Mark the ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Three Egyptian monks belonging to the Coptic Orthodox Church were fatally stabbed in an attack at a monastery in South Africa and a suspect has been arrested ...

The statement further said that Head of the Coptic Orthodox Church Pope Tawadros II is closely ... extending its sincere condolences to the families of the monks, and praying to God to grant ...

We are on a tour of his monastery, a quiet retreat which has found itself at the centre of a stand-off with the Coptic Orthodox Church and the government. Marteros Rayani is one of six monks who ...

Immigration helped fuel the growth of America’s Orthodox churches more than a century ago. Now, it’s conversions from other ...

The proclamation of the common faith requires, first of all, that we love one another,” the Holy Father said in a Feb. 6 ...

The Nicene Creed is more than a statement of faith -- it is a powerful sign of unity among Christians, Pope Francis said as he welcomed young priests and monks from Oriental Orth ...

Pope Francis offered that reminder on Thursday as he met with a delegation of Orthodox clergy taking part in a study visit to ...

Four months ago, the first Coptic Catholic church in New Jersey and one of the ... Most Egyptians are adherents to Islam, and Orthodox Coptic Christians [distinct from Catholic Copts] constitute ...