CAIRO — Tattoos have become commonplace in most of the Western world, with one in five American adults, for instance, supposedly sporting one. Yet for Egypt’s embattled Coptic Christian minority, ...

His Grace Anba Suriel is the Bishop of the Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Melbourne. As part of Hobart's annual winter festival, Dark Mofo has installed a public display of several large inverted red ...

In the grounds of one of the city's oldest Christian churches, Girgis Gabriel Girgis is tattooing a baby girl. She is very young, only about three years old, and branding the blue cross onto the ...

As a testament to their faith, Egypt's Coptic Christians traditionally have a cross tattoo on their right wrist. In earlier times, this was a symbol of the hardships they faced. Today, it's a symbol ...

TORONTO — On the corner of Glendinning Avenue in Scarborough, Ontario — removed from the bright lights and bustling city life of downtown Toronto — lies an unimposing church of deep significance to ...

Last week, Egyptian Coptic youth from Minya welcomed a delegation from the UK Embassy, led by HM Ambassador Gareth Bayley, to a reconstituted “heritage village” providing a tangible experience of ...