AL-KOSHEH, Egypt (RNS) For decades, merchant Refaat El-Sayeh, a Coptic Christian, wanted to see the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem and visit the Church of the Nativity in nearby Bethlehem. But mostly, he wanted to feel closer to God.
For years, those pilgrimages for Egypt’s Coptic Christians, like El-Sayeh, were discouraged.
For years, those pilgrimages for Egypt’s Coptic Christians, like El-Sayeh, were discouraged.