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Photos: Coptic carpenter gifts Muslim neighbors huge lantern for Ramadan
Egypt

Photos: Coptic carpenter gifts Muslim neighbors huge lantern for Ramadan

A Coptic Christian carpenter from a Minya Governorate village surprised his Muslim neighbors by gifting them a giant hand-made lantern…
Saudi top religious authority recommends home prayers in Ramadan amid coronavirus
Middle East

Saudi top religious authority recommends home prayers in Ramadan amid coronavirus

RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s highest religious body, the Council of Senior Scholars, urged Muslims worldwide to pray at home…
Orthodox Easter services hit by virus as many stay home
World

Orthodox Easter services hit by virus as many stay home

More than 260 million Orthodox Christians celebrated Easter Sunday, with church leaders urging worshipers to stay at home to avoid…
Coronavirus forces Egypt’s Coptic Christians to celebrate easter at home
Life & Style

Coronavirus forces Egypt’s Coptic Christians to celebrate easter at home

As Egypt stems the ongoing coronavirus outbreak, the country’s Coptic Christians and eastern orthodox churches have been forced to celebrate…
Coptic Christians in Egypt celebrate Holy Week through traditions
Egypt

Coptic Christians in Egypt celebrate Holy Week through traditions

With all Holy Week prayers cancelled, Egypt’s Coptic Christians have resorted to traditional celebrations and rituals to accompany their Holy…
Black curtains across Egypt’s churches show sorrow over Christ’s crucifixiction
Egypt

Black curtains across Egypt’s churches show sorrow over Christ’s crucifixiction

Coptic Orthodox buildings across Egypt abroad have decorated black flags and curtains on their walls and entrances, showing sorrow over…
Pope Tawadros II heads Palm Sunday mass without attendance
Egypt

Pope Tawadros II heads Palm Sunday mass without attendance

Pope Tawadros II of the Coptic Orthodox Church in Alexandria headed the Palm Sunday mass at Saint Pishoy Monastery of Wadi al-Natroun…
Israel tightens quarantine in Jerusalem to halt virus spread
Middle East

Israel tightens quarantine in Jerusalem to halt virus spread

JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli government approved a tight quarantine of several areas of Jerusalem on Sunday, including the historic…
Virus mutes Easter celebrations as US deaths top 20,000
World

Virus mutes Easter celebrations as US deaths top 20,000

Christians celebrated Easter Sunday under coronavirus lockdown in many countries with church pews empty and the pope on live stream,…
Jerusalem’s Palm Sunday march scaled back due to coronavirus
Middle East

Jerusalem’s Palm Sunday march scaled back due to coronavirus

JERUSALEM (AP) — A small group of Franciscan monks and Roman Catholic faithful took to the streets of Jerusalem’s Christian…
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