On a scaffold several stories high beneath the dome of a Cairo church, Ayman William paints for the glory of God, unfazed by recent attacks against his fellow Coptic Christians in Egypt.

On a scaffold several stories high beneath the dome of a Cairo church, Ayman William paints for the glory of God, unfazed by recent attacks against his fellow Coptic Christians in Egypt. The ...

LYNNWOOD - A blaze Tuesday afternoon at the top of St. Mary’s Coptic Orthodox Church forced fire crews to chainsaw their way into the building’s signature copper dome.

Egypt's parliament has voted to ease creation of Christian churches in the largely Muslim nation, overturning an array of restrictions that dated back as far as 1856, the evangelical magazine ...

A long-awaited new law maintains restrictions over the construction and renovation of churches and discriminates against the Christian minority in Egypt. The law, passed by Egypt’s parliament on ...

‘Our life in upper Egypt is very rough because of my limited income, but I believe the Virgin Mary has come at this specific moment to lend me and the whole country a hand.’ ...

Egypt has less than 2,600 churches total, which works out to about 1 for every 5,500 Egyptian Christians. (By comparison, there is about 1 mosque for every 620 Muslims in Egypt.) ...

The Saint Virgin Mary Church in Al Nazla is one of 47 churches and monasteries that have been burned, robbed, or attacked in a new wave of violence against Christians in Egypt.

The incident is not new in Egypt; the first public sighting of the Virgin Mary dates as far back as April 1968. Rumor has it that she was seen in her real human form – not as a bird or a shining light ...

CAIRO (AP) — On a scaffold several stories high beneath the dome of a Cairo church, Ayman William paints for the glory of God, unfazed by recent attacks against his fellow Coptic Christians in ...

Egyptian artist Ayman William has taken on the task of painting the new extension of the Cairo Church. As Coptic Christians are persecuted, churches are blown up and the Pope prepares to visit the ...