When the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to the English ... there are deeply rooted traditions of Christian tattoos. Some Coptic Christian churches require that Christians must have a tattoo of ...

Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church on Saturday celebrated the Assumption of the Virgin Mary amid measures to control the coronavirus pandemic, following a 15-day fast that began on August 7. Churches held ...

Every August, tens of thousands of Egypt’s Coptic Christians and Egyptian Muslims take buses and trains to the Virgin Mary Monastery in Assiut. The monastery is believed to have been visited by ...

Kyrolos said she was hoping for “more blessings from the Virgin Mary to come our way to bring light and joy." For Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Christians, the anniversary celebration of the ...

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Unlike their Coptic counterparts, most Muslims are not convinced. Many of them have seen light flashes in recent days, but certainly don’t believe it was the Virgin Mary. ‘I was one of the ...

Since 11 December, Coptic Christians in Egypt have been reporting, and circulating news about, sightings of apparitions of the Virgin Mary, mostly in a church in el-Waraq. Most of those who reported ...

According to Coptic tradition, Zeitoun hosted the Holy Family during their flight to Egypt. However, just before Abraham could begin the construction of his hotel, the Virgin Mary appeared to him in a ...

Kyrolos said she was hoping for “more blessings from the Virgin Mary to come our way to bring light and joy." For Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Christians, the anniversary celebration of the ...