Rome Newsroom, Apr 21, 2023 / 09:25 am. The head of the Coptic Church is scheduled to offer the Orthodox Divine Liturgy in the Catholic Archbasilica of St. John Lateran in Rome on May 14.

The head of the Coptic Church is scheduled to offer the Orthodox Divine Liturgy in the Catholic Archbasilica of St. John Lateran in Rome on May 14.

Coptic represents the last phase of the ancient Egyptian language, evolving from hieroglyphs and demotic into a form written ...

His church uses Coptic and English liturgy. “It was special to hear the Coptic language sung by a non-Copt,” Saroufeem told CT, adding that it was “done perfectly.” ...

Although the Coptic Orthodox have their own church in Rome, Father Browne said the liturgy is for the Coptic faithful in Italy and so expected to attract up to 3,000 people, “far more than could ...

Pope Francis and the Orthodox Coptic pope, Tawadros II, delivered a joint blessing Wednesday from St. Peter’s Square in a significant ecumenical gesture to commemorate the 50th anniversary of a ...

Egypt's Coptic Christians Approaching St Antony's Monastery The Copts are the Christians of Egypt, a community of over five million people that proudly preserves its traditions, calendar and liturgy.

The liturgy ends when the celebrant says, “Go forth, the Mass is ended,” and the people reply, “Thanks be to God.” The prayer, then, is recited after Mass, which the priest and people are ...

Mina Thabet, a Coptic rights researcher, called the pope’s welcoming remarks “disgraceful.” However understood, the change is palpable. In 2011, Saudi Arabia arrested 35 Christians for ...