Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For 17 years, the Treasure Valley’s Coptic Orthodox community has been without a permanent home. Members rented various spaces for ...

In this Sunday, Aug. 18, 2013 photo, Father Reweis Khalil brings the bread (Body of Christ) to worshippers during Sunday service at St. George Coptic Orthodox Church in Hampton, VA., on Sunday, Aug.

A bitter land ownership dispute between an Egyptian vocational school and the Coptic Orthodox Church has paralysed ...

Pope Francis' trip to Egypt was marked Friday, April 28, by a significant step forward in ecumenical relations between the Roman Catholic and Coptic Orthodox Churches. In a joint declaration signed ...

On Feb. 15, 2015, ISIS militants brutally executed 21 Coptic Christian prisoners on a beach in Libya. Now, on the 10th anniversary of their martyrdom, a short animated film called “The 21” is honoring ...

A gun attack that killed at least 26 Coptic Christians on a bus in Egypt is just the latest assault on the religious minority group, which has been a target for deadly violence throughout its history.

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- This Good Friday is an especially somber time for Coptic Christians, after terrorists attacked two churches in Egypt on Palm Sunday. As CBS2's Lou Young reported, members of ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. For 17 years, Sally Zakhari said she told ...