EGYPT - For the First time in Egypt's history, Christmas has been declared a national holiday. Put into effect beginning 2003, January 7, the Coptic Christmas, was made an official holiday by ...

President al-Sisi, a Muslim who has spoken in the past of the need to "revolutionise" Islam, was addressing Christians during a Coptic Christmas Eve mass yesterday at St Mark's Cathedral in Abbassiya.

According to legend, it was St. Mark who introduced Christianity to Egypt, and it was here that Africa's first Christian church – the Coptic Church of Egypt – thrived. To learn more about ...

The Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) emphasised that Egypt is "predominantly an Islamic country".

It said: "There is a heightened threat of terrorism in and around religious sites and during religious festivals, such as the month of Ramadan and the Christmas period (including Coptic Christmas ...

For centuries, churches have used different methods to calculate the date of Easter. Rarely do they coincide. The search for ...

The song, "The Twelve Days of Christmas" is an English Christmas carol. From 1558 until 1829, Roman Catholics in England were not permitted to practice their faith openly.

Further reading: Orthodox Christmas: 'The difference in dates shouldn ... Other solar calendars include the Coptic calendar—dating back to the rise of Emperor Diocletian in 284 A.D.—which ...

To the unease of Egypt, Israel is pushing ahead with its regional strategy, reports Dina Ezzat ...