The interactions between Coptic Christians and Muslims over several centuries will be the subject of an upcoming lecture series at McMurry University. Bishop Anba Suriel, Ph.D., Coptic Orthodox ...

Coptic represents the last phase of the ancient Egyptian language, evolving from hieroglyphs and demotic into a form written with mostly Greek letters. This video traces the development of Coptic from ...

A new song highlights a growing interest outside the Egyptian church in reviving an ancient language of the Christian world. The darkened New York church was packed with almost 1,000 congregants ...

Coptic isn’t just a language—it’s the last living link to ancient Egypt. This is the story of how Greek letters, Christian faith, and centuries of tradition kept it alive Over 2.5 million people sign ...

A previously unknown scrap of ancient papyrus written in ancient Egyptian Coptic includes the words “Jesus said to them, my wife,” — a discovery likely to renew a fierce debate in the Christian world ...

Bentley Layton, the pre-eminent scholar of his generation of the late ancient Egyptian language, Coptic, died on March 26 at his home in New Haven from complications of Parkinson’s disease. He was 83.

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