The Egyptian Family House decided to postpone the scheduled visit to Minya next week.

Ambassador Mervat Tallawy, President of the Women's National Council, honored families of the martyrs of Libya as well as martyrs of police and army at the headquarter of the Women's National Council in Minya.

Unknown militants at Galaa village have assaulted lands owned by Copts.

Father Stephen Shehata, Agent of Diocese Samalot said that Minya police is subject to the terms of the extremists.

Police in Minya have freed a kidnapped Coptic young man called Milad Fathy from Faqai village, Abu Qurqas.

Police in Mallawy raised security alert as pope Tawadros is visiting Mallawy to pay his sincere condolences to families of the 21 Coptic martyrs of Libya.

A business man has decided to build a new hospital at Awr village of the 21 Coptic martyrs of Libya.

Mother of Yosots Soleiman, priest of St. Mary’s Church in Maghagha, disappeared in mysterious circumstances.

Abba Pfnotios, Bishop of Samalot, and the Coptic congregation in Samalout, received today Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See.

Father Ayoub Yossef, priest of St. George Church catholic Chruch in Minya, said that supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood had set his car on fire after many cars of Christians were targeted as well.

Abba Arsanios, Bishop of Minya, and his assistant Bishop Maccarius, ordained today 8 priests in Minya.

Gen. Salah Ziada, governor of Minya, changed the name of Awr village to “Martyr’s Village” after 20 Copts of the village had been killed by ISIS in Libya.

A handicapped Coptic youth was killed in mysterious circumstances in Minya.

Traffic stopped in many governorates all over Egypt because of dust storm that hit Egypt for three days.

Two kidnapped Copts in Minya were released yesterday after 110.000 LE ransom was paid. Milad Emad, 25, and Malak Khalaf, 20, were released today after they had been kidnapped for 9 days.

Kidnapped Coptic merchant called Eissa Girgis Zakaria, 40 years old, has escaped from the kidnappers today. He was kidnapped last Friday from his shop in Mallawy, Minya, by masked armed men.

Family of Amgad Gaber, 22 years old Coptic driver, found him dead in front of his house in Tayba village, Samalot, north of Minya. His father demanded autopsy to determine the cause of death.

Unidentified men set a car of a Coptic Christian man called Fayez Morkos on fire. It’s worth mentioning that the car was parked next to the police station, but that didn’t prevent the perpetrators from burning the car.

National Security police arrested killers of guards of St. Mark Catholic church in Minya who seized their guns on Christmas eve. Two police men had been targeted and killed in front of St. Mark Catholic church in Minya.

Police have arrested a number of Copts in the village Nazlet Ebid and Muslims of nearby villages after the sectarian clashes erupted among students in these villages, in which they used white weapons.

Clashes broke out between Copts and Muslims in Matay, Minay, after they were stopped for two weeks. Clashes renewed between Coptic and Muslim students, and their families tried to contain the clashes before victims are injured.