That's why Christians from all over Egypt come to Coptic Cairo ... have called the Red Monastery "the Coptic Sistine chapel." Its walls are covered with paintings of the church's prophets, saints ...

Egyptian Christians or Coptic Christians have since developed ... You will see hanging on walls the very worst of western Pious art that has found its way somehow into the Sahara desert and ...

THE RED MONASTERY, Egypt – Locked inside a 6th century church in a desert monastery are some of the jewels of early Christianity — ancient murals in vivid pinks, greens and reds depicting ...

Archaeologists uncovered murals of Joseph and Jesus in a newly found 6th-century building, revealing deep spiritual roots in ...

Egyptians had already done so much to establish Christian culture, art, and intellectual ... draws attention to the swelling Coptic diaspora outside Egypt. He addresses “the bitterness of ...

June 1 marks Global Coptic Day, a worldwide celebration of the rich history and enduring faith of the Coptic Orthodox Church.

Egypt’s Coptic Christians, who number about 10 percent ... the relabelling of Coptic crafts, art, and architecture as “Islamic,” and the requirement that Coptic students celebrate the ...

When Xenia Nikolskaya first went to Egypt in ... “The Coptic Church fascinated me,” she says. “It’s ancient, resilient and deeply tied to the history of Christianity.” ...

An Egyptian archaeological mission working in the Minqab area of the Asyut Governorate has uncovered a mud-brick building ...

Sunday should have been a joyful day for Des Moines' Coptic Christians, whose denomination is based in Egypt. They were using ... fills the sanctuary, and paintings of Jesus adorn the walls.

From nothing - the Copts developed a religious culture that’s distinctly Egyptian – everything from music to art to some of the most magnificent churches of the early Christian era. Scholars have ...