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Egypt executes defrocked monk convicted of abbot’s killing

FILE - In this Feb. 5, 2013 file photo, Egypt's Pope Tawadros II visits al-Muharraq Monastery, in Assiut province, Egypt. On Sunday, May 9, 2021, Egyptian officials said authorities have executed a ...
Religion News Service

3 Egyptian Coptic church monks are killed in an attack at a monastery in South Africa

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The attacks in Egypt have subsided recently amid tighter security around Christian places of worship in the Muslim-majority country. CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Three ...
Newsday

2 men accused of murdering 3 Egyptian Coptic monks appear in a South African court

JOHANNESBURG — Two men accused of fatally stabbing three Egyptian monks belonging to the Coptic Orthodox Church this week appeared in a South African court Thursday and will remain in custody until ...
Business Insider

Egypt prosecutors probing monk's death in desert monastery

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's Coptic Church said Wednesday that prosecutors are investigating the death of a monk who had until recently served in a monastery northwest of Cairo where the abbot was killed in ...
Washington Examiner

Even in desert retreat, monks feel Egypt’s turmoil

ST. ANTHONY'S MONASTERY, Egypt (AP) -- In a cave here high in the desert mountains of eastern Egypt, the man said to be the father of monasticism took refuge from the temptations of the world some 17 ...
Newsday

3 Egyptian Coptic church monks are killed in an attack at a monastery in South Africa

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Three Egyptian monks belonging to the Coptic Orthodox Church were fatally stabbed in an attack at a monastery in South Africa and a suspect has been arrested, police said ...