The Biblical plagues that devastated Ancient Egypt in the Old Testament were the result of global warming and a volcanic eruption, scientists have claimed. UK News Website of the Year 2024 Search Icon ...

Egypt is preparing for a giant swarm of locusts to hit the nation - which has been compared to one of the plagues described in the Old Testament of the Bible.

DUBAI (Reuters) - Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church mourned Pope Francis on Monday, saying he was "a true example of Christian humility". (Reporting by Tala Ramadan; Editing by Alison Williams) ...

The Greek Foreign Minister visits his counterpart in Cairo to express his discontent over the ruling that grants Egypt the rights to the lands of this monastery, run by the Orthodox Church. A ...

Fresh evidence that the Biblical plagues and the parting of the Red Sea were natural events rather than myths or miracles is to be presented in a new BBC documentary.

He was born on 3 August 1923 in Asiut, Upper Egypt and has been the Pope of Alexandria since November 1971 when president Anwar El-Sadat was in power. "We lost today a great icon.

Egypt’s Coptic Christians picked a new leader Sunday, a process that involved a blindfolded boy choosing one of three names in a crystal chalice. Bishop Tawadros Theodorus II – the nation’s ...

The head of Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church, Pope Shenouda III, died Saturday aged 88 after a long battle with illness. The Coptic patriarch suffered from back and kidney problems for years and ...

There are conflicting reports the St Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral blast was caused by an assailant 'lobbing a bomb' and a woman planting an IED with 6kg of explosives ...

Pope Shenouda III dies Saturday at the age of 88 after 40 years as head of the Coptic Orthodox Church. ... Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III dies. Hatem Maher, Tuesday 20 Mar 2012.