More than 200 million Christians are associated with Orthodox Churches and most celebrate Christmas on 7 January.

Artist Beshoy Zaraa describes the tradition of painting the Christian story of the nativity of Jesus in Egyptian art to Al-Ahram Weekly.

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 ...

Pope Tawadros II, the head of the Coptic Orthodox Church, chaired a celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Institute of Coptic Studies' founding in Cairo. The celebration was attended several ...