Egypt Church Bombing Sours Coptic Christmas In US -- FOX News/AP
LOS ANGELES – Helena Botros looked forward to breaking her 40-day holiday fast on Thursday, the traditional Christmas Eve date for Coptic Christians, and gathering with family after a midnight liturgy to feast and exchange gifts.
A New Year's Day bombing that killed 21 worshippers at a Coptic Christian church in Egypt, the home of her faith, changed that. Botros, a 25-year-old community college professor, planned to spend the holiday in prayer and will donate money that would have been spent on gifts to the victims' families.
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