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Not Even Bombs Could Thwart the Opening of the Middle East’s Largest Church

The day before the largest church in the Middle East was scheduled to open, a bomb threat almost derailed the unveiling. It also claimed the life of a police officer.

At Least 7 Killed in Attack on Bus Carrying Coptic Christians

The Coptic Church is reeling again after yet another terror attack that is eerily similar to an attack the church sustained last year.

Egyptian Court Sentences 17 to Death Over Coptic Church Attacks

Death sentences and prison terms have been issued to 46 people involved in terror attacks against the Coptic Church in Egypt.

The Men in the Orange Jumpsuits Finally Return Home for Burial

The bodies of 20 Coptic martyrs who were beheaded by Islamic State terror group militants in February 2015 were finally laid to rest in Egypt's Minya province, more than three years after they were kidnapped.

Found Beneath This Ancient Qur’an Manuscript: the Bible

Faint Coptic letters were found behind the Arabic script in an ancient Qur'an palimpsest. Experts discovered the Coptic text was from the Old Testament’s Book of Deuteronomy—part of the Torah and the Christian Old Testament.

10 Christians Dead in Egypt After Yet Another Church Attack

At least 10 are dead after yet another attack on Coptic Christians in Egypt.