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.

Egyptian cabinet decided to give license to 52 new churches, including Orthodox, Catholic, evangelical churches as well as service buildings. The licenses are granted according to the new law of houses of worship to churches that were already built before the issuance of the law.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, is going to ordain new bishops to join the Holy Synod of the Coptic Church following the Easter celebrations on April 8th. The new bishops will be ordained in May to replace the late bishops of Tama and the new Valley.

Khaled al-Shafei, Economic expert, said that Foreign Exchange Reserves in Egypt increased to reach about 42 Million USD for the first time in history. He added that it is considered to be a very large achievement calculated for the monetary policy adopted since the beginning of the economic reform measures. He added that the rise in foreign reserves of foreign currency increases the classification of Egypt in international reports, which is to increase investor s confidence in the Egyptian economy.

Abdul Sayed Malik, Head of the Egyptian Union in Germany issued a statement to deplore the departure of Abba Fam, Bishop of Tima. Statement praised the unique achievements of the bishop who was ordained monk at St. Bishoy monastery in Wadil Natrun in 1977 and was enthroned Bishop of Tima in 1980.

Bishop Armia, head of the Coptic Culture Center, mourned the departure of Abba Fam who died in London today. He was ordained monk at St. Bishoy monastery in Wadil Natrun in 1977 and was enthroned Bishop of Tima in 1980.

The Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Abraam in Brighton England held a funeral service for bishop Fam of Tima who died in London. Abba Fam traveled to London few days ago to receive medical treatment, when he died.

Karim Kamal, head of Copts for the homeland association praised the decision to close the Church of the Holy Sepulchre to protest against a new tax and a piece of Israeli legislation that will allow the government to confiscate land sold by the church. Greek Orthodox, Armenian Apostolic and Catholic leaders, who jointly manage the vast site in Jerusalem s Old City, should file lawsuit against the Israeli government after the new decisions that can be taken as an attempt to weaken the Christian presence in Jerusalem, he added.

Abba Daniel, Bishop of Maadi, celebrated the Holy Mass, at the new Cathedral of the Administrative Capital. The Holy Mass was attended by a number of priests and congregation of the diocese.

Egypt s Ministry of Health launched the expanded national campaign to eradicate the Hepatitis C in cooperation with the Fund Long live Egypt , and the sheikh of Al-Azhar. the campaign comes in the framework of the initiative of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to declare Egypt free of Hepatitis C in 2020.

Cairo Criminal Court sentenced today 21 members of the Muslim Brotherhood terrorist group to death penalty and life imprisonment to 4.

Abba Ibrahim Isaac , Patriarch of Alexandria of the Catholic Copts, said in his speech at the Munich Security Conference that situation of Copts is stable in Egypt.

The Masters thesis of Father Phelppis Babaoui Tadros, was discussed today on the Ecclesiastical Preschools and its role in the spiritual, social and educational formation of the children. The discussion committee was formed by His Grace Bishop Benjamin of Menoufia, Dr. Naseef Fahmi Menkarios, and Dr. Boutros Hafez Boutros.

Daesh terrorist organization (ISIS) has claimed responsibility for terrorist attack on a church in the Russian Caucasus region on Monday. A man has shot fire on the congregation as they were leaving the church and killed at least 5 women and injured 5.

Eng. Sherif Habib, Governor of Beni Suef, met with leaders of the Coptic Evangelical Organization for Social Services to discuss the development plan according to the 2030 vision in Egypt. The plan included sectors of education, health and economic development.

Dr. Abba Shouman, deputy of Al-Azhar, said that Al-Azhar institution supports a modern civil and democratic state in Egypt. He added that Copts should be able to enter the civil faculties of Al-Azhar in case they fulfill its requirements including the memorizing of the Holy Koran.

Pope Towards II, Pope of Alexandria and patriarch of St. Mark See, held a meeting today with Youth Ministry Secretaries in Alexandria. Pope sermonized to them about how to benefit from fasting and answered several questions by the attendees. met with Responsible for the service of young people in all churches of Alexandria and with them secretaries of service and secretaries. His Holiness spoke in a spiritual speech about the benefit of fasting and then answered clearly and with open heart to many questions to those present in various fields such as the role of the Church in the service of youth and the role of the National Church and the many positive aspects witnessed by Egypt despite the severe war and the causes of acute youth in this age and other The subjects took about two hours.

Abba Raphael, secretary of the Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church, announced on Saturday the death of Abba Boqtor, Bishop of the New Valley, as he was being treated in the United States of America. Bishop Boqtor was ordained general bishop of the New Valley in 2015 and was enthroned in 2016. He was born in 1953 in Luxor and was called Samaan Fakhri Samaan, graduated from the Faculty of Engineering, Minya University in 1976 and was ordained a monk in 1980 in the monastery of Muharraq in Assiut. He served in the churches of the New Valley and Oases since 1998.

6 new priests were ordained today for the ministry in Hlawan and Maasara diocese. The ordination was completed by Abba Pesenty, Bishop of Hlawan, Abba Daniel, Bishop of Maadi, Abba Raphael, general secretary of the Holy Synod, and Abba Samuel, Bishop of Tamwa. The new priests are Fathers Makarous Fayez, Issac Paula, Beshara Abdu, Tomas Nabil, Girgis Isaac, and Antonius Farris. After the ordination, they moved to the monastery of St. Bishoy in Wadil Natroun to spend 40 days of spiritual retreat according to the Coptic ritual.