The Taste of Egypt Festival is Sept. 12-13 at St. Mark Coptic Orthodox Church, 15 W 455 79th St. in Burr Ridge.

FILE - In this Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015 file photo, Pope Tawadros II, the 118th pope of the Coptic Church of Egypt, leads a mass for the Egyptian Christians who were killed in Libya, at St. Mark's ...

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At least 28 people were killed in Egypt after unidentified gunmen opened fire on a bus carrying Coptic Christians in what officials are calling a terror attack. Ten ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — St. Mary & St. Moses Coptic Orthodox Church in North Tonawanda will be hosting its annual Egyptian ...

Egypt’s Christian minority has been present throughout the country for centuries, with many tracing their roots to original ancient inhabitants of the land. Now they are the target of a stepped-up ...

Egypt's 20 million Coptic Christians face discrimination and occasional violence as experts say the state fails to address anti-Christian fanaticism seriously.

In this May 26, 2017 file photo, Coptic Christians shout slogans after the funeral service of some of the victims of a bus attack, at Abu Garnous Cathedral in Minya, Egypt. (Credit: Amr Nabil/AP.) ...

In the aftermath of President Mohammed Morsi’s overthrow earlier this summer, Egypt’s Coptic Church has faced an onslaught of persecution. Pro-Morsi supporters vented their anger by burning Christian ...

Gunmen killed at least seven Coptic Christians in Egypt as they were traveling on a bus near a monastery — the most serious assault on the religious minority in over a year. The attackers “killed ...

CAIRO — The biggest church in the Middle East opens Saturday, a landmark date in the 2,000-year-old history of Egypt’s Coptic Christians. It also could prove to be a huge target for Islamic State ...