A Coptic woman called Mary Jamil survived slay attempt in Warraq, Cairo, after a fanatic called Mamdouh has dragged her in the street and attacked her with white weapon.

Hozan Merza, a Saudi lecturer at King Abdulaziz University started an initiative in Saudi Arabia to encourage men to get married to four women. Men who get married to 3 women will be granted the fourth for free.

A number of displaced Coptic families have returned to their homes in Arish after the city restored its safety, said Bishop of North Sinai.

The State Security Prosecution began investigation with Sheikh Salem Abdul Jalil who called the Copts infidels and described Christian doctrine as corrupted.

The Austrian government has decided to ban the distribution of the Koran, wearing women's niqab or covering the face in public places. Woman violating the new decision will be fined up to 150 Euros.

Salafist Call issued a statement on Wednesday supporting Sheikh Salem Abdul Jalil who called the Copts infidels and described Christian doctrine as corrupted. Statement added that it is impossible to explain Islam without talking about Christianity. It is a matter of faith, not relationship, it added.

Pope Francis II prayed to God to give peace for the world. He added in a tweet on Twitter that “May Jesus Christ who overcame the darkness of sin and death, grant peace to our days.

The Egyptian prosecutor ordered the investigation in the formation of a terrorist cell to kill the Copts, judges and police.

Minya criminal court sentenced two members of the Muslim Brotherhood to five years in prison for burning crops of a Coptic man in Samalut. The court found them guilty as they destroyed the crops of the Coptic man after the dispersal of Rabba Adawia and Nahdha sit-ins in order to cause panic among the citizens.

Fire trucks could quickly extinguish the fire erupted at the monastery of St. Demiana in Belqas without injures among the visitors of the monastery.

Coptic youth of the church in Australia held today on Monday a mourning service for the Egyptian martyrs of churches’ bombing in Tanta and Alexandria on Palm Sunday.

Abba Daniel, Bishop of Maadi, said that Pope Tawadros II held a meeting with members of the Standing Committee of the Holy Synod and a number of members of the Holy Synod 3 days before the visit of Pope Francis to Egypt.

Dr. Shawki Allam, Mufti of Egypt, denounced statements of Sheikh Salem Abdul Jalil, former deputy of the ministry of Awqaf, in which he described Christianity as corrupted faith. Allam added that such statements contradict with Islam.

Abba Arsanious, bishop of Minya, and Abba Macarious, The general Bishop of Minya, have ordained 6 new priests for the ministry in the diocese.

Abba Ilarioun, general bishop of western Alexandria churches, has inaugurated new baptismal pool at the church of St. Mary and St. Abanoub in Alexandria.

John Cassen, the British ambassador to Egypt, said that Queen Elizabeth has receives Pope Tawadros. He described the meeting as a historic meeting held for the first time.

Moharaq monastery in Upper Egypt has the only church in the world inaugurated by the hands of Jesus Christ. It is an Orthodox Coptic Christian monastery complex, one of the oldest monasteries in the world, located and still operating in Egypt.

Mohammed al-Abiari, internal security adviser to former US President Barack Obama, attacked the Copts in recent statements and said that recent terrorist attacks against them are punishment as they are harvesting what they had sowed.

Journalist Suleiman Shafiq said that reconstruction of the church in Koum Ahmar in Minya was stopped by fanatics who demonstrated to prevent the construction work.

St. Mary and Archangel Michael Church in Vienna organized a ceremony to commemorate the martyrs of "Tanta and Alexandria" churches

Nabil Saber Fawzi, was named the 8th Coptic martyr in Arish. He was shot dead by the terrorists in the street.