The monastery of St. Mary in Muharraq has canceled its annual celebrations due to security reasons. The monastery said it will not be able to receive guests following instructions of the police.

America and Canada youth bishopric held a conference for Primary school girls in Pennsylvania entitled Dare To Be Different. The participants agreed to abstain from using electronics during the days of the conference which gave them more time to interact and know one another.

Magagha diocese announced that the 40 days anniversary of St. Samuel massacre will be celebrated next Monday. The celebration will be held at the church of St. Mary in Dir Garnous village, Maghagha.

Abba Makarious, general bishop of Minya, visited today victims of the terrorist attack on St. Samuel monastery in Minya who are currently receiving treatment at Galaa Military Hospital. 29 people were killed after unidentified gunmen opened fire on a bus carrying Coptic Christians heading to St. Samuel monastery in Minya.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and patriarch of St. Mark See, held a meeting with priests of Shubra at the great Cathedral of St. Mark.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and patriarch of ST. Mark See, visited Dr. Ahmed al-Tayeb, Sheikh of Al-Azhar, to congratulate him on Fitr feast.

Abba Serabion, bishop of Los Angeles, and Abba Abraham, the general bishop, ordained today a new deacon at St. George Al-Muzahm’s church in Hemet.

Turin and Rome Diocese held a conference for primary school children from June 12 to June 15. The condense entitled "Observe yourself and teach" with the participation of His Holiness Bishop Barnabas, Bishop of Milan and Torino.

Abba Antonioius Morkos, General Bishop of African Affairs, ordained two monks as priests in South Africa. According to a statement by the Church s media center, the monk Markus Ava Marcos and Rabbi Samuel Ava Marcos were ordained priests. It was decided that the monastery will hold daily masses starting from today.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, held a Video Conference with children of New York and New England Dioceses.

Jehan Anwar, survival of St. Samuel monastery massacre said that terrorists killed men before they looted women’s jewelry.

Ghada Wali, Egypt’s Minister of Social Solidarity, visited victims of Minya terrorist attack in Nasser hospital and promised to fulfill their needs. She added that the victims were compensated 40.000 LE each and 100.000 LE for family of every martyr.

Abba Paula, Bishop of Tanta, met with the victims of the bombing of St. George Church in Tanta. After celebrating the holy mass, they shared a meal with the bishop in the new building of the diocese.

Coptic church in America held last week a conference for graduates of Scranton university entitled "the art of communication".

Asim Hanafi, Ambassador of Egypt to Nigeria, said that Romany Girgis, the Coptic citizen who was kidnapped by a gang on May 9th.

Egyptian Army arrested 15 suspected terrorists in Sinai and destroyed a number of vehicles that were used by them to escape. Spokesman of the army added that extra security measures are being taken to eliminate terrorism and secure Northern Sinai.

Al-Azhar condemned the terrorist attacks on Saturday evening in London that killed 7 and injured 42 assuring that attacking peaceful people is forbidden everywhere. It called in a statement to unite against terrorism that spread all over the world. It also offered condolences in the victims and praying for speedy recovery for the injured.

For one week the celebrations of the feast of St. Mary are held in her monastery in Jabal al-Tair, Samallout. The celebrations were attended by 2 million visitors and headed by Abba Pfnotious, Bishop of Samallout. The celebrations are serviced by 1500 ministers from the diocese of Samallout.

Abba Moussa, the General Youth Bishop and the Under-Secretary of the Institute of Care, started the sixth training course for marriage seekers. The opening ceremony was attended by Professor Rasmi Abdul Malik, Head of Family Guidance Department and a number of bishops who give lectures at the course.

Abba Pfnotious, Bishop of Samalut, inaugurated seven baptismal pools attached to the monetary of St. Mary in Jabal al-Tair mount.

Fatwa House praised the initiative of Council of Islamic Schools in North America to confront Islamophobia, in which it invited Islamic schools in America to visit nearby schools and tell them about moderate Islam and Muslims.