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Egypt
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Society
3/11/2023 11:19:09 PM
Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark Diocese inaugurated on Saturday Mar Girgis church in Ain Shams district in Cairo after its restoration.
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Egypt
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Society
3/5/2023 11:22:34 AM
Head of Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria inaugurated the Virgin Mary and Anba Bishoy Church in New Cairo’s Fifth Settlement on Saturday.
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Egypt
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Society
2/27/2023 6:30:55 PM
Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church Pope Tawadros II, pope of Alexandria and patriarch of the Sea of Saint Mark, met on Monday Ilkka Salmi, the European Union (EU) counter-terrorism coordinator. The talks focused on the church's spiritual and social role to support Egyptian society, read a statement by the church.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Heritage
2/21/2023 10:04:41 PM
Zahi Hawass describes a recent visit to Salt Lake City in the US, home of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and a major tourist and cultural destination
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World
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Africa
2/11/2023 9:56:59 PM
Widespread tensions caused by a rift within Ethiopia's Orthodox Christian church have resulted in the suspension of access to social media platforms including TikTok, Facebook and Telegram.
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World
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International
2/8/2023 6:56:49 PM
European bishops on Wednesday demanded the immediate release of Nicaraguan clergy detained in the government's crackdown on the Catholic Church, saying they have been falsely accused and are being subjected to unjust persecution.
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World
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Africa
2/4/2023 7:21:14 PM
Two young Orthodox Christians were killed in an attack on a church in southern Ethiopia on Saturday, according to a report by a religious media outlet.
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World
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Africa
2/2/2023 7:45:34 PM
Ethiopia's ancient Orthodox Church has accused the government of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed of interfering in its affairs as tensions mount over a breakaway group of bishops.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
1/31/2023 4:39:04 PM
Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church held earlier in the month their first-ever Christmas eve mass in Saudi Arabia for Coptic Egyptians and Eritreans residing in the country, according to the official publication of the church El-Keraza.
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World
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Africa
1/31/2023 9:52:33 AM
Pope Francis is opening a six-day visit to Congo and South Sudan on Tuesday, aiming to bring a message of peace to two countries riven by poverty, conflict and what Francis has called a lingering ``colonialist mentality'' that still considers Africa ripe for exploitation.
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World
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Africa
1/30/2023 12:11:44 PM
It took years for Marie Louise Wambale to re-establish her life after fighting between M23 and the Congolese army forced her to flee with almost nothing more than a decade ago.
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World
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International
1/27/2023 6:56:18 PM
Hundreds of mourners gathered Friday for the funeral of the verger who was killed when an assailant attacked two churches in Spain as investigators probed the reasons for the deadly assault.
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World
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Region
1/26/2023 10:02:28 PM
The deadly church attack in Algeciras has rekindled Spanish concerns about the jihadist threat, which experts say is still present although the country has been relatively spared from attacks in recent years.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
1/26/2023 2:50:47 PM
The monitoring unit of Egypt’s leading Islamic authority Al-Azhar condemned on Thursday the deadly "terrorist attacks" against two churches in Spain the previous day, calling for increased security at places of worship to prevent a recurrence of such attacks.
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World
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International
1/26/2023 11:52:48 AM
The southern Spanish city of Algeciras was reeling Thursday, a day after a machete-wielding assailant stormed into two churches killing a verger and badly injuring a priest.
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World
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Region
1/23/2023 3:40:38 PM
A Lutheran church ceremony in Jerusalem on Sunday ordained the first Palestinian female pastor in the Holy Land.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Features
1/21/2023 2:42:00 PM
Dean of the Higher Institute of Folk Arts Mustafa Gad explains the Coptic contributions to Egyptian life on the occasion of the Feast of the Epiphany to Dina Ezzat
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World
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Africa
1/16/2023 7:14:30 PM
At least 14 people were killed in a church bombing in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo at the weekend, an army spokesman said Monday, raising an earlier toll of 10 dead.
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World
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Africa
1/15/2023 7:28:14 PM
A bomb killed at least 10 people and wounded 39 others after ripping through a church in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday, an attack blamed on suspected Islamists.
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World
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War in Ukraine
1/7/2023 7:05:37 PM
Russian President Vladimir Putin stood alone at a midnight service at a Kremlin church as he marked Orthodox Christmas darkened by Moscow's assault on Ukraine.
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