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.

Fatwa House announced today that Al-adha Feast will be on September 1st, 2017. It’s worth mentioning that in the Muslim calendar a holiday begins on the sunset of the previous day, so observing Muslims will celebrate Eid al-Adha on the sunset of Thursday, the 31st of August.

Reuters news agency announced that the United States has decided to deny Egypt $95.7 million in aid and to delay a further $195 million because of its failure to make progress on respecting human rights and democratic norms. Report added that the decision reflects a U.S. desire to continue security cooperation as well as frustration with Cairo s stance on civil liberties, notably a new law that regulates non-governmental organizations that is widely seen as part a growing crackdown on dissent.

Abba Abram, Bishop of Fayyoum, told a delegation of priests led by Abba Isaac, the general bishop of Fayyoum, that he wants to spend the rest of this life in the monastery as he told Pope Tawadros. Bishop Abraam had issued a statement to reveal the reason for his long retreat in the monastery saying that he longs to staying at the monastery as a monk and dedicate his time for prayers and worship. He explained that he wants to spend his time in this spiritual retreat till the end of his life and there is no other reason for his demand.

A Coptic woman called Amal Awad was attacked by unknown man as she was heading out of St. Mary Church in Gawahir, Alexandria. The attacker used a sharp tool to attack the woman in front of the main gate of the Church and escaped.

Pope Tawadros II, ordained two new priest for the ministry in Chicago, USA and Ontario, Canada. The ordination was held at the monastery of St. Bishoy in Wadil Natroun. The new priests are Father Mina and Father Maurice.

Bayadia village in Minya celebrated the Feast of the Virgin Mary on the streets. The Copts used to celebrate this feast by a festival in the streets.

Sources in the Church committee to draft the Personal Status Law said that the draft is almost ready. The draft will be handed over to the parliament on October and the final discussions between the churches will be resumed after the feast of St. Mary on August 21.

Bloomberg said that Egyptian economy has recorded promising numbers as Egypt’s tourism revenues rose to $1.5 billion in the fourth quarter of 2017, up from $510 million in the same period a year ago. Full-year receipts rose 16 percent to $4.4 billion. Remittances grew 9 percent to $4.8 billion in the fourth quarter, and rose two percent to $17.4 billion for the year, Bloomberg said.

The Contraction of two Coptic Churches in Paris filed a lawsuit against Abba Mark, Coptic Bishop of France, to prevent him from building a new cathedral by the money of the donation. The general contraction council had decided to expand another church giving the increasing numbers of its congregation, but the bishop ignored their decision.

Abba Hedra, Bishop of Aswan, ordained two monks of the monastery of St. Pachomious in Hager Edvo as priests. The monks are Father Aghathon and Father Youssab of St. Pachomious monastery.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, said that the new law of building churches is a positive thing that needs to be completed on the ground. He explained that a committee of the church is working to legalize the current Coptic Churches and more than 2000 requests were applied for the legalization of Coptic

In his interview with DMC private television, Pope Tawadros II said that the issue of personal status and divorce issues is a very sensitive topic, but the fact is that Pope can’t change the text of the bible that prevents divorce except for limited reasons including committing adultery. He added that new law that is being prepared will grant divorce after 5 years of separation with children or 3 years without children.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, received Ambassador Hazem Khairat, Ambassador of Egypt to Israel to discuss the issue of the Monastery of the Sultan. Coptic Orthodox Church had announced previously that it is negotiating the restoration of the Monastery of the Sultan in Jerusalem from the Ethiopian church after a delegation of Coptic bishops had traveled to Jerusalem to discuss the matter.

In his interview with DMC channel, Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, said that Egypt has 50 Coptic monasteries including 10 for nuns and 40 for monks. He explained that many Egyptians prefer to visit these monasteries, which made the decision to prevent religious trips even harder.

A young terrorist called Eid Hussein said he was part of a terrorist cell that was trained to make bombs and received support from Qatar and Turkey to carry out terrorist attack. He added that the cell has carried out all explosions and terrorist attack against churches recently.

Council of Churches of Egypt decided to celebrate its anniversary on September 20 at the Cathedral of all Saints in Zamalek. The celebration will be held with the participation of representatives of the Churches of Egypt: Pope Tawadros II, Dr. Rev. Andrea Zaki, Abb Ibrahim Isaac and Bishop Monir Hanna and Metropolitan Nicola.

Dr. Naguib Gebrael, human rights activist, filed a complaint to the ministry of Awqaf about a mosque that prevents non-veiled and trousers wearing girls from taking school lessons at the center attached to the mosque. The girls complained that they are taking a secondary school private lessons and not religious lessons and the Imam has no right to prevent us from entering the center for this reason.

News reports published in Egyptian media said that Copts celebrate the Feast of St. Mary by eating special meals for the occasion, namely: unleavened bread and Shalawlaw that are distributed for free in many places. The Shalawlaw is made from dried Molokhia that is mixed with garlic, lemons and special spices, and is eaten with bread.