Since the 1990s, Cairo residents had been hoping and praying for a facelift of an important church and popular spot in the Egyptian capital.

The Hanging Church, one of the country's oldest, owes the nickname to the fact that it rests above a gatehouse of a 2nd century Roman fortress.

An art history professor visited a church and unexpectedly found a painting that has been lost for decades. Tom Ruggio, a professor at Iona College in New Rochelle, New York, was surprised to find ...

After 16 years of restoration, the Hanging Church, one of Egypt’s oldest churches, is finally to welcome worshippers and visitors. The opening ceremony is to be attended by Cairo Governor Galal ...

The parish church of St Michael & All Saints, Ledbury, Herefordshire, England, where the painting has been hanging for more than a century. David Grimwade/Alamy ...

The Hanging Church was previously subjected to restoration work in the Islamic era in Egypt during the tenures of Caliph Haroun El Rasid, El-Aziz Bi'allah Al Fatemi and Al-Zaher Al Eazaz Din Allah.

Egypt’s 1,300-year-old Hanging Church has on Saturday opened its doors once again to visitors, after the culmination of an over one-and-a-half decade restoration.

On the eve of the conclave to elect a new pope, some of the biggest questions hanging in the air have to do with LGBTQ Catholics. Will the church continue the path of outreach charted by Pope ...

Al Fustat (Coptic Cairo/Old Cairo) is ranked #6 out of 22 things to do in Cairo. See pictures and our review of Al Fustat (Coptic Cairo/Old Cairo).

A mannequin of Pvt. Steele still adorns the church at Sainte-Mère-Église, memorializing the paratroopers who jumped into Europe on D-Day, June 6, 1944.

A black bear spent Friday in a tree near Broadmoor United Methodist Church off Florida Boulevard, with Wildlife and Fisheries personnel on hand to monitor his actions.

Explore the Cairo hotel guide to find hotel information and reviews for hotels and places to stay near Al-Muallaqa (Hanging Church).