CAPE TOWN, South AfricaCAPE TOWN, South Africa — Three Egyptian monks belonging to the Coptic Orthodox Church were fatally stabbed in an attack at a monastery in South Africa and a suspect has been ...

Old world Christianity has found a place in the Poconos. St. John the Beloved Monastery Patmos opened in Canadensis on Oct. 15, 2012. It took over the Hillside Lodge, bringing faith to the area for ...

The confrontation was sparked by the construction of fences around the convents to protect them from marauding criminals who escaped prison in the wake of the 25 January uprising. After issuing a ...

On 5 November, the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church issued a statement claiming ownership of the disputed monastery and attacking the Egyptian Coptic Orthodox Church Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church ...

The Coptic Orthodox Church announced that three monks were attacked and murdered Tuesday in the Coptic monastery of St. Mark and St. Bishop Samuel the Confessor in Cullinan, South Africa, 18 miles ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Egypt often brings to mind visions such as the Sphinx, Tutankhamun’s iconic gold death mask, or pyramids casting long shadows over the Giza Plateau, ...

WADI NATRUN, Egypt — Christian monks living in the solitude of Egypt’s deserts have always faced the threat of attack from outside. In the early centuries, they built drawbridges and windowless towers ...

The monasteries of Saint George and Saint Pisentius in Naqada in Qena governorate have been inaugurated following their restoration In the heart of the Egyptian province of Qena lies a hidden gem, a ...