Beni Suef Police Department found the dead body of a Coptic girl called Vena Ashraf who has disappeared in mysterious circumstances.

Abba Gabriel, Bishop of Beni Suef, ordained a new priest in St. Karas church in Bayad al-Araby. The new priest is called Father Barsoum Mishal.

George Rashad, Coptic anchor in the Egyptian state television, was suspended after he offered thanks to former president Mubarak for his role in October war.

The Japanese Ambassador in Egypt visited today Beni Suef Bishopric, where he was received by his Eminence Bishop Gabriel, Bishop of Beni Suef.

Abba Gabriel, Bishop of Beni Suef , said the diocese studies the establishment of a theological school in Beni Suef.

Bishops and monks of the Coptic Orthodox church congratulated officials on Eid al-Adha. Eid al-Adha is the second of two Muslim holidays celebrated worldwide each year, and considered the holier of the two. It honors the willingness of Ibrahim (Abraham) to sacrifice his son, as an act of submission to God's command, before God then intervened sending his angel Jibra'il (Gabriel) to inform him that his sacrifice had already been accepted.

Beni Suef governorate decided to honor Muslim martyrs by calling their names on schools and ignored the Coptic martyrs who died in the line of duty.

The Court of Bani Suef decided to extend the detention of 18 Muslims accused of inciting violence and attacking properties of Copts for extra 15 days.

Father of Magdy Issac, the murdered Coptic young man from Beni Suef governorate, said that his son disappeared before he was murdered by criminals.

25 days have passed since 4 Copts in Kharsa village were illegally detained in Fashn police station in Beni Suef. Two Copts have been released last week and 4 are still detained.

Police in Beni Suef released two Copts of the 6 Copts who were arrested after the sectarian incidents in Saft Kharsa village.

Two weeks have passed since 6 Copts in Kharsa village were illegally detained in Fashn police station in Beni Suef.

Extra security measures have been taken at the monastery of St. Mary in Bayad from August 7th to 21st. This comes to secure thousands of visitors who are keen to attend the celebration every year.

Sources in Saft Kharsa village told Copts United that the 6 detained Copts of Saft Kharsa village were released from Fashn police station.

6 Copts from Kharsa village, Minya governorate, are still detained against the law since last Friday, their lawyer said.

6 Copts and 12 Muslims were arrested pending investigation in Saft Kharsa village on charges of inciting sectarian attacks against the Copts.

A group of young Muslims stoned houses of Copts in Saft Kharsa in Beni Suef causing destruction into four houses.

Father Pacilious, agent of St. Paul monastery in Boush, denied a bomb was found near the wall of the monastery.

Beni Suef prosecution acquitted the Coptic young man after another Muslim young man confessed he killed the Muslim man by mistake during the fight between Muslims and Christens.

Abba Gabriel, Bishop of Beni Suef, called women to wear modest clothes in wedding cermonies in Churches.

Extra security measures have been taken by police near Bani Bakhit Church that witnessed recent sectarian incidents in Beni Suef.