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Egypt
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Society
4/8/2022 1:11:22 PM
Egypt’s Al-Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed El-Tayyeb offered his condolences on Thursday to Head of the Egyptian Coptic Orthodox Church Pope Tawadros and Christians over the murder of Arsanios Wadid, the Priest of the Church of the Virgin Mary and Mar Boulos in Alexandria.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Features
1/5/2022 12:43:00 PM
It is impossible to subtract the history of Egypt’s Coptic Christians from mainstream Egyptian history, historian Mohamed Afifi explains in an interview with Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
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Society
12/30/2021 4:45:53 PM
Egypt's Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Sheikh Ahmed El-Tayyeb greeted Thursday Pope Francis of the Vatican, head of Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church Pope Tawadros II, Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, and Archbishop of Constantinople and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I as well as all Christians around the world on the occasion of Christmas.
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World
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Region
12/26/2021 5:22:00 PM
The head of Iran's judiciary on Sunday granted Christian prisoners 10 days' liberty to spend the holidays with families, in a rare move towards the minority community.
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World
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Region
12/22/2021 4:46:23 PM
The archbishop of Canterbury and the Anglican archbishop in Jerusalem warned of a concerted attempt by fringe, radical groups to drive Christians away from the Holy Land, which takes place against the "historic tragedy" of the Christian population's century-long decline.
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Multimedia
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In Pictures
9/27/2021 4:07:28 PM
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World
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International
9/1/2021 10:42:51 AM
Francis called for Christians across the world to engage in 'prayer, penance and fasting' in the face of events in Afghanistan
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Egypt
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Politics
7/11/2021 5:10:59 PM
The bodies of the four victims, all from the Nasiriya village in Upper Egypt’s Minya governorate, were back home Saturday evening
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World
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Region
6/22/2021 1:10:14 PM
Israel captured east Jerusalem, home to holy sites sacred to Jews, Christians and Muslims, in the 1967 war and annexed it in a move not recognized internationally
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Egypt
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Politics
5/31/2021 7:18:55 PM
The first defendant has been charged of leading a terrorist group which planned to target members of the armed forces, police and judiciary, Coptic Christians’ houses of worship and public facilities
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World
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International
5/30/2021 5:28:01 PM
Pope Francis announced the encounter during his Sunday noon blessing, saying the aim was to "pray together for the gift of peace and stability"
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Multimedia
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5/2/2021 7:49:45 PM
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Egypt
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Politics
5/1/2021 2:29:41 PM
Coptic Orthodox Christians celebrate Holy Saturday today, which is Easter eve— when Copts usually go to church before gathering at night to celebrate and break their 55-day fast
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Egypt
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Politics
4/29/2021 5:13:00 PM
Today Christians around the world celebrate Holy Thursday, when Jesus was believed to have dined with his apostles for the last time
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Living
4/23/2021 1:00:00 PM
Al-Ahram Weekly explores how Egypt’s Christians spend the holy month of Ramadan with their Muslim compatriots
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Opinion
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4/8/2021 9:16:00 PM
The European report to the UN Human Rights Council on the human-rights situation in Egypt is full of inaccuracies and ignores the real situation in the country, writes Leila Takla in an open letter to Europe
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Multimedia
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4/1/2021 5:31:00 PM
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World
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Region
3/7/2021 1:47:00 PM
The 84-year-old pontiff said the 'tragic' exodus of Christians from Iraq and the wider region 'does incalculable harm not just to the individuals and communities concerned, but also to the society they leave behind'
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World
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Region
3/6/2021 11:53:00 AM
Following the 2003 US war on Iraq, the 1.5 million Iraqi Christian minority dwindled to less than half a million
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World
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Region
2/24/2021 9:33:29 AM
Iraq’s Christian communities in the area were dealt a severe blow when they were scattered by the IS onslaught in 2014, further shrinking the country’s already dwindling Christian population
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