Cairo, July 2, 2020: Egypt”s highest court on July 2 upheld a death sentence for a former monk convicted of killing an abbot in a desert monastery north of Cairo in 2018. The Court of Cassation also reduced a death sentence against another former monk to life in prison. TheContinue Reading
Saudi Arabia, Dec 5: Arabian news reports have shared photos and information about what is believed to be the first ever Coptic church mass conducted in Saudi Arabia on Dcember 2. Cairo Scene reported on a translation from Al Watan, which explained that Egyptian Bishop Ava Morkos of Shobra ElContinue Reading
On a scaffold several stories high beneath the dome of a Cairo church, Ayman William paints for the glory of God, unfazed by recent attacks against his fellow Coptic Christians in Egypt. The church, deep within the dusty alleyways of one of the many “informal” neighborhoods that have sprung upContinue Reading
The King of Bahrain, Hamad bin Isa al Khalifa, has donated a portion of Bahrain’s land for the construction of the Kingdom’s Coptic Church. This new site of worship will reside in Manama, the Kingdom’s capital, and will serve the estimated 1,500 Coptic families who live in Bahrain and SaudiContinue Reading
