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The Story of the Church of Egypt: Being an Outline of the History of the Egyptians Under Their Successive Masters from the Roman Conquest Until Now. Smith, Elder, & Company. 2 vols. Meinardus, Otto F. A. (2010). Two Thousand Years of Coptic Christianity. The American University in Cairo Press. ISBN 978-9774247576
Egypt's Coptic Christians, who make up more than ten percent of Egypt's 85 million people, [2] say they are repeatedly attacked and have long complained of discrimination in both jobs and politics. [3] In Egypt, Christians have felt vulnerable [4] for many years, even before Hosni Mubarak was deposed in 2011. Of far more concern, however, was ...
Coptic TV (CTV) is the official Coptic Orthodox TV station broadcasting in Arabic via satellite to viewers in Egypt. Tharwat Bassily, a business man, was instrumental in establishing the television network, which was started in 2007. CTV subsequently started broadcasting in North America and elsewhere. Their headquarters are located in Cairo ...
A number of Coptic business and land-owning families became very wealthy and influential such as the Egyptian Coptic Christian Sawiris family [13] that owns the Orascom conglomerate, spanning telecommunications, construction, tourism, industries and technology. [14] [15] In 2008, Forbes estimated the family's net worth at $36 billion.
Aghapy TV is a Coptic Christian TV station broadcasting in Arabic via satellite to Coptic Christians in Egypt and in North America via Spiritcastsatellite systems. Aghapy is the Greek & Coptic word Agape, which means love or sometimes equal to "unconditional love". It was founded in 2005 by the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria.
Coptic nationalism does not have a claim for a Coptic nation but asks for an equal position for Copts in Egypt. [2] Most Copts live in the south of Egypt but the largest concentrations of Copts lives in Cairo and Alexandria. [3] The Copts, like the rest of Egyptians, are descended from the pharaonic inhabitants of Egypt.
Three Egyptian monks belonging to the Coptic Orthodox Church were fatally stabbed in an attack at a monastery in South Africa and a suspect has been arrested, police said Wednesday. It appeared ...
Mikhail Girgis El Batanouny (Coptic: ⲙⲓⲭⲁⲏⲗ ⲅⲉⲱⲣⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲫⲣⲉⲙⲡⲁⲑⲁⲛⲟⲛ Mikhail Georgios Phrembatanon; also titled Mu'allim, which is Arabic for "teacher"; 14 September 1873 – 18 April 1957) was an Egyptian expert in Coptic music, and knowledgeable in church rites, in addition to being skilled in the languages of Coptic and Arabic.