Emperor Haile Selassie rocked the Coptic Christian Church to its 1800-year-old foundations. To Cairo and the Coptic pope, Patriarch Markarius III, the gentle Negus sent a rough message: the next Abuna ...

The end of two decades of tension between the Coptic Orthodoxy and the Ethiopian Orthodox churches: ““You have made history”. This is how a Coptic Metropolitan described the reconciliation brought ...

For the 10 million Coptic Christians of Ethiopia, one of the spiritual high points of the year is the feast of St. Gabriel the Archangel. Last week 100,000 pilgrims made their way to the shrine of St.

Boise-area Coptic Orthodox community purchased land for its first church. The $2.5M Meridian project aims to serve 130 congregants within one year. Church leaders hope their new home will draw both a ...

Moses and Frances Asch Collection, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In this Sunday, Aug. 18, 2013 photo, Father Reweis Khalil brings the bread (Body of Christ) to worshippers during Sunday service ...