A Coptic Orthodox bishop was was found dead as a result of a suspected murder in St. Macarius Monastery in Egypt on Sunday. Bishop Epiphanius, who died July 29, was abbot of the monastery, which is ...

LONDON — More than 40 Christians in Egypt, known as Copts, have been deliberately slaughtered for the faith in the past three months alone by militants aligned with ...

Egyptian police have arrested two men, one a monk and one a former monk, over the death last month of Bishop Epiphanius, the abbot of St. Macarius Monastery. Bishop Epiphanius' body was found July 29, ...

Bishop Agathon in an interview for Arabic satellite TV station AlKarma TV by Dr Mona Roman, reported by Coptic Solidarity, instanced a meeting between Copts and government officials about the ...

Anba Epiphanius, a Coptic Orthodox bishop, scholar, and abbot of the Monastery of St. Macarius in Wadi el Natrun, Egypt, died July 29 at age 64. A young monk confessed to murdering the abbot, and he ...

Bishop Epiphanius' body was found July 29, 2018, with injuries to his head and back that suggest that he had been hit by a sharp object. The tomb where the relics of St. John the Baptist were found in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - In this May 27, 2017 file photo, a priest walks in front of St. Samuel the Confessor Monastery in Maghagha, Egypt. Egypt’s ...

The Coptic Church in Egypt is planning subdued Easter celebrations, a week after attacks on two churches during Palm Sunday festivities killed at least 45 people. The main Easter liturgy, a midnight ...

WASHINGTON (RNS) After the slaughter of 21 Copts on a Libyan beach, Bishop Angaelos wants the support of all Christians. WASHINGTON (RNS) Bishop Angaelos, a U.K.-based leader of the Coptic Orthodox ...

CAIRO – Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church said Thursday it will not be taking in new monks in monasteries nationwide for a year after the unresolved death of the abbot of a prominent monastery in the ...