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.

Egyptian newspapers said that hundreds of Copts from all over Egypt visited St. Bishoy church in Port Said. The picture leaks oil for the 28 year in what is considered a miracle by Coptic Christians.

Cairo Criminal Court postponed the hearing of the trial of a defendant in what was known in media as Zeitoun terrorist cell to February 27. The defendants are accused with forming a terrorist cell to target Copts and tourists in Egypt after they killed four Copts in Zeitoun neighborhood in Cairo.

Abba Pfnotius, Archbishop of Smalout, ordained 4 new priests at the Cathedral of the savior of the world. The new priests are Fathers Sedrak Farag, Nofir Hany, Younathan Nady, and Serbaion Bebawy.

In conjunction with the start of the Great Lent, the Coptic Orthodox Church celebrates the feast of two saints.

Abba Demitrius, bishop of Mallawy, ordained two new priests for the minstry in the diocese.

The Coptic Orthodox Church of 21 Coptic Martyrs in Libya will be opened next Thursday. The church was built after the slain of 21 Copts by ISIS in Libya.

Trial of Ahmed Said, the accused of killing the priest of Marg, was held today in the Court of North Cairo in Abbasiyah. The accused who was transferred under tight security measures cursed the attendees of the court saying: you are humiliated unclean infidels.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, received a delegation of ministers and congregation of the Coptic migrants in Austria. Spokesman of the church said that the delegation arrived in Egypt to enjoy a spiritual retreat.