Christianity is a minority religion in Libya. It has been present in Tripolitania and Cyrenaica since Roman times.
The ruins of the Basilica of Justinian in Sabratha
Catholic Church of Massah in 1940
The Cathedral of Tripoli in the 1960s.
Copts in Libya may refer to people born in or residing in Libya of full or partial Coptic origin. Coptic people are an ethnoreligious group that form the largest Christian group in Libya, the Coptic Orthodox Church in the country having an estimated 60,000 adherents. The Coptic Church is known to have historical roots in Libya long before the Arabs advanced westward from Egypt into Libya. A part of the community is made up of immigrants from Egypt.
Orthodox church in Tripoli