This neighborhood in southern Cairo is the oldest part of the city ... and it was here that Africa's first Christian church – the Coptic Church of Egypt – thrived. To learn more about Coptic ...

The area now called Old Cairo ... Babylon section of Old Cairo take in: The Church of Abu Serga and the Crypt of the Holy Family beneath it. Al-Muallaqa (Hanging Church), dedicated to the Virgin Mary, ...

After their short, but all-too-felt, stay in Old Cairo, the Holy Family moved ... are accessible to pilgrims through the Church courtyard. An event of miraculous import occurred on Friday the 3r of ...

A fire ripped through a church in a densely populated neighbourhood of the Egyptian capital of Cairo on Sunday as congregants worshipped, killing at least 41 and injuring 14, the Coptic Church said.

At least 41 people, 15 children among them, were killed Sunday at the Martyr Abu Sefein Coptic Orthodox church in Cairo's working-class ... twins aged 5 and a 3-year-old, it said.