CAIRO (AP) -- Easter Mass celebrations are being held amid fear and grief in churches across the country after twin bombs killed 45 people in churches in Alexandria and Tanta earlier this week on ...

Orthodox Easter is Sunday and El-Sissi’s visit to the pope’s seat of power at St. Mark’s Cathedral is a tribute to the country’s Christians, some 10 percent of Egypt’s population.

Easter celebrates the resurrection of Jesus after his crucifixion, marking the end of the 55-day-long period of Lent, known as the Great Fast. The Copts in Egypt, a predominantly Muslim country ...

CAIRO (AP) — The Coptic Christian Pope Tawadros II says he will be canceling most Easter celebrations, limiting them to a simple mass, following the recent twin attacks on churches by Islamic ...

Members of Egypt's Christian minority flocked to traditional services this Easter weekend in sombre mood following attacks last Sunday that killed 45 people, and security was especially tight at ...

Reda, 28, told Al-Ahram Weekly that she, along with millions of other Coptic Christians, had missed the packed mass that usually accompanies Easter celebrations. Churches, and all other places of ...

CAIRO (AP) - Egyptian churches, in the southern city of Minya, said on Tuesday that they will not hold Easter celebrations next Saturday in mourning for 45 Coptic Christians killed this week in ...