Abba Bakhoumios, Bishop of Behira and former acting Patriarch, inaugurated the church of St. Mary and St. Philopatir, in Borg Arab with Abba Bavly, the garner bishop.

St. Mary Church in Tahta celebrated today the ordination of a new priest for the ministry of the church. Abba Isaiah, bishop of Tahta, ordained Shenouda Nematallah a priest and called him Father Sarabamoun.

Abba Bigol, Bishop of Muharraq monastery, celebrated his very first Holy Mass after taking office. He was accompanied by Abba Kyrillos, Bishop of Nagaa Hammadi, Abba Beyman, Bishop of Naqada and Qus, Abba Gabriel, Bishop of Beni Suef, Abba Estephanus, Bishop of Baba and Al Fashn, and Abba Karas, the General Bishop of the Mahalla Al-Kubra.

3 new monks were ordained at the monasetry of St. Makarious in Jabal al-Qallali. The prayers were performed by Abba Pachomius, Bishop of Bahaira, Abba Demetrious, Bishop of Mallawy, Abba Domadious, Bishop of October 6 ctiy, adn Abba Isaac, the gernal Bishop.

Pope Tawadros II, ordained 4 new bishops, enthroned 3 general bishops in the presence of 102 members of the Holy Synod. The new bishops are monk Bijoul Mahrouki, the dean of the seminary in Muharraq monastery. Father Giovanni Ava Chinote, bishop of churches in Central Europe. Father Antonio Ava Chinote, bishop of Milan. Father Seraphim the Serian, Bishop of Ohio, Michigan and Indiana, in the United States of America.

Pope Twadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, met with the Finnish Foreign Minister at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Abbasiya. This came during the scheduled visit of Mr. Timo Sweeney, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland, who is currently visiting Cairo.

Father Makari Younan, priest of the Church of St. Mark in Azbekia, expressed his great pleasure in visiting the Holy Land, saying: it s a unique place to visit and worship He added that Egypt was blessed by Jesus Christ, but God also will take avenge for our suffering and spelt blood.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, said that Egypt is engaged in two battles, one against terrorism and the other for development and construction. This came during his weekly sermon delivered at Karma House in Archangel Michael in King Mariout. Pope offered his sincere condolences for the victims of the recent terrorist attack against a Coptic priest and policemen.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, stopped his visit to Germany and returns to Cairo after his participation in the meetings of the Patriarchs of the Middle East hosted by the German Church under the title: "Christianity in the Middle East: Challenges and the Future. During the visit, Pope inaugurated a number of churches and conducted some medical examinations.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and patriarch of St. Mark See, arrived today in Berlin and begins his pastoral work in Germany. Pope Was received in the airport by bishop of Berlin and the Egyptian ambassador to Berlin as well as several officials.

In respond to the recent terrorist attacks that targeted the Coptic Orthodox Church, the church decided to produce a movie called an offering of love. Pope Tawadros and a number of bishops and family members of the martyrs have participated in the movie to assure that they face hatred and kill by love.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, is going to discuss challenges of Christians in the Middle East at the meeting of Patriarchs and Bishops of the Churches of the Middle East next week in Germany. The meeting will be attended by Patriarchs of the Syriac, Armenian, Ethiopian and Indian Orthodox churches where each of them will give a speech for 20 minutes.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, congratulated the Egyptian people after the Egyptian team has qualified to the Football World Cup for its first World Cup appearance since 1990. Egypt won the game with a 2-1 victory over winless Congo at Borg El-Arab Stadium in Alexandria Sunday night. Mohamed Salah played a whale of a game for Egypt, scoring twice including a last-gasp penalty to send the Pharaohs to their first World Cup finals since 1990.

In the new edition of Keraza Magazine, Pope Tawadros II talked about the scenes of his journey to Australia that lasted for two weeks. Pope talked about how the ministry started in Australia and how it developed supported by the grace of God He also reviewed ten points of joyful fruits and witness the work of the hand of God in this remote country.

Bishop Daniel of Sydney called on Copts of Australia to fast 3 days before a referendum to allow gay marriage. He said: To all our congregation: First grade FASTING from Wednesday 4/10 to Friday 6/10 for God to have mercy upon us in the same-sex Marriage Postal Vote in Australia

The Second Christian Media Conference held in Beirut with the participation of Lebanese and Egyptian Christian media. The conference was attended by the Lebanese Minister of Information Mr. Melhem Al-Riyashi and the Coptic Orthodox Church Professor Gerges Saleh, Coordinator of the relationship between the Coptic Orthodox Church and the Churches of the Middle East.

Dr. Mahmoud Al-Alayli, head of the Free Egyptians Party, denounced the rejection of a judge to accept the witness of a Christian man. The judge asked the defense to bring another witness provided that his religion should be Muslim.

Diocese of Milan, Italy, celebrated the 40th day departure anniversary of the late Bishop Kyrilous of Milan. 4 churches held the Holy Mass on that occasion that was attended by 10 bishops and the congregation of the diocese. The body of the late bishop was transferred to the new shrine prepared for him at the monastery of St. Shenouda in Milan after obtaining the due permits.

Abba Pfnotius, bishop of Samalout, held the funeral of Father Youssef Labib, priest of Archangel Michael Church in Amodeen village.

Priests and ministers of the Youth Bishopric of America and Canada hold general meeting to discuss the needs of the young people. At the meeting, a work plan was set by the ministers for the year 2018, and they are for families of the youth, activities of the youth, serving the youth and training their ministers.

Abba Bafnotius, Bishop of Samalout, ordained 58 new deacons at the Cathedral of the Savior of the World. The new deacons have studied at Hos Ebchois school for deacons at St. Paul Church in Amodin village. The Cathedral of the Savior of the World was inaugurated on Monday at the first day of the Coptic year.