Coptic MP Emad Gad said that Egyptian government discriminates against the Copts. He added that he thought several times about resigning of the Parliament, but changed his mind since it would not help the situation.

Coptic churches are going to meet with the government to discuss the bill of building churches. Gamil Halim, a representative of the Catholic Church, said that the churches are going to discuss the new amendments that require security approvals to build a church.

Mohsen George, a member of the Coptic congregation council, said that new bill of building churches prevents building domes or crosses.

Thousands of Copts are visting the monastery of St. Mary in Drunka in Assiut to celebrate the feast of St. Mary at the place she visited in Egypt during the journey of the holy family to Egypt.

Major General Faisal Doidar, Minya security chief, said that there is no sectarian strife in the governorate. He added that police agreed with Muslim and Christen clergy to renounce violence and extremism.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, has delivered his weekly sermon on Wednesday at the church of Dir Malak in Cairo.

Patriarch John X of Antioch expressed his deep saddened for the whole world is watching the humanitarian crisis of Aleppo and ignored it for years.

Abba Paula, church representative at the committee to draft the law of building churches, said that the church is going to support the best bill among those presented.

A bride decided to honor her groom by washing his feet during the wedding ceremony.

In an interview with Ahram Egyptian newspaper, imam of Loufy village mosque said that Copts are minority in an Islamic country and they are not allowed to build churches according to Islamic Sharia.

Public radio of Israeli said that promises of al-Sisi to the Copts dissipate after several sectarian attacks against the Copts in Upper Egypt.

Kamal Zakher, Coptic activist, said that the new law of building churches will cause more problems instead of solving them.

Two Copts disappeared in mysterious circumstances in Minya while they were returning home. Magdy Sadik reported police after his brother and his son have disappeared on July 30.

At the anniversary of building dozens of churches in Egypt after the dispersal of Rabaa Adawia and Nahda sit-ins, Abba Makarious, Bishop of Minya, said that Copts have suffered from burning their churches bug God supported them and even glorified them soon.

Father Abdul Massieh Bassit, priest of St. Mary Church in Mostorod, said that Copts are currently suffering in Egypt more than they did under Mubarak regime.

US State Department expressed concern about the escalation of acts of terrorism, rape and slaughter carried out by ISIS in Syria and Iraq against Christians and other religious minorities.

A number of Coptic figures are going to hold a conference on Saturday to discuss the new law of building churches.

More than 3 million followers are following Pope Francis on Instagram.

A Coptic minor girl called Elizabeth Ghattas Habib, 18 years old, from the village of Dahab village, Minya, disappeared in mysterious circumstances.

Copts in Rahmania village celebrated the holy mass for the first time in 23 years since the church was closed for security reasons.

Shady Afifi, , pastor of Mersa Matruh Evangelical Presbyterian Church, said that police attacked him while he was heading to the church with 60 people of the congregation.