Millions of Egyptian Christians thronged churches across this mainly Muslim nation for Christmas Mass, held Monday amid unusually tight security but with congregations filled with hope ahead of a ...

Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Christians—joined by President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi—packed into the heavily fortified Christ’s Nativity Cathedral for Christmas Eve mass Saturday after a violent ...

CAIRO (AP) — In a show of solidarity with Egypt's embattled Christians, President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi Saturday made a symbolic appearance at an Orthodox Christmas Mass in a new cathedral as ...

CAIRO — Egypt’s minority Christians were celebrating their first Christmas after the election of an Islamist president and a new pope — and following adoption of a constitution many argue ...

Because Coptic Christians follow the Julian calendar, they celebrate Christmas Eve on Jan. 6, and feasts are held on Christmas Day, Jan. 7. Some now argue this ancient community should change the ...

Christmas became Egypt's 18th national holiday. Copts have a long history in Egypt _ tradition says St. Mark brought Christianity to Egypt just a few years after the death of Christ.

Egypt's 20 million Copts portray Jesus born in a cave, not a stable. They follow the Julian calendar which marks Christmas Day on Jan. 7.

Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi will inaugurate the country’s largest cathedral on Sunday, which marks Coptic Christmas Eve, Coptic Orthodox Church spokesman Father Boules Halim told ...

Some of Egypt's Coptic Christians are deliberating whether they should change the date of their celebration of Christmas to align with the western date of December 25th, as a sign of global ...