According to legend, it was St. Mark who introduced Christianity to Egypt, and it was here that Africa's first Christian church – the Coptic Church of Egypt – thrived. To learn more about ...

Virgin Mary Orthodox Monastery on the hill in Trebinje city Bosnia and Hercegovina, panoramic view of the city in sunset drone point of view Interior elements in the Coptic Christian Church in Egypt ...

But for Orthodox Christians who follow the Julian calendar, the festivities come 13 days later, on January 7. At St. Mark's Coptic Orthodox Church in Fort Myers, the Rev. Joachim Boutros has heard all ...

6, 2025. (AP Photo) Christian Orthodox believers, who follow the Julian calendar and celebrate Christmas on Jan. 7, burn dried oak branches, the Yule log symbol for the Orthodox Christmas Eve, in ...

seeing ourselves and others as living icons, serving God and others through prayer, red lentil soup, celebrating 30 years of OCN, and much more. The Orthodox Christian Network has been a trusted ...

The full name of the holiday is the Baptism of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ TASS-FACTBOX ... the Armenian Apostolic (January 6) and the Coptic Orthodox (January 7). In a number of Catholic ...

Samuel Coptic Orthodox Monastery, just west of the town of Al-Idwa. Local journalist and human rights activist Ezz Tawfik said 10 armed men dressed in camouflage and riding in three SUVs approached ...

The piece, one side of which is an enamel copy of a 16th-century woodcut, the other side crafted in Ethiopia, reveals how ...

awaiting our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ, who gave Himself for us to redeem us from all iniquity... Titus 2:13-14 For most Catholic ...

Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican City – the Arab world is also home to an understated, but just as impressive a landscape dotted with some of the world’s earliest Christian houses of worship ... It is ...

Cyprus has a population of about 1.1 million, nearly 82 percent of whom follow the Greek Orthodox ... Christian year and the whole of Holy Week, from Palm Sunday till Easter Sunday, is observed. On ...

Designated a national holiday in 2002, Coptic Orthodox Egyptians, who comprise 90 percent of the country’s Christian population, celebrate Christmas on 7 January, according to the Julian Calendar.