A new chapel and suite of community spaces re-establishes the contemporary relevance of church architecture in Australia’s ...

Immigration helped fuel the growth of America’s Orthodox churches more than a century ago. Now, it’s conversions from other Christian traditions fueling the growth of Holy Theophany Church in the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Four months ago, the first Coptic Catholic church in New Jersey and one of the ... Most Egyptians are adherents to Islam, and Orthodox Coptic Christians [distinct from Catholic Copts] constitute ...

[Getty Images] In Egypt, a priest representing the Coptic Orthodox Church - the Middle East's largest Christian community - walks past worshippers at the Archangel Michael Coptic Orthodox Church ...

Many Eastern Orthodox churches are built to face east while all the church buildings of the Eastern Coptic church are designed to face east ( St. Mark’s in Alexandria is one). Buildings obtained from ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Ethiopian pilgrims pray during a Mass service for Ethiopian Christmas at the Bole Medhane Alem cathedral in ...