Abba Youannis, bishop of Assiut, Abba Bigol, Bishop of St. Mary monastery in Maharraq, Abba Besada, bishop of Akhmim, Abba Longinos, bishop of St. Shenouda monastery, and Abba Pachom Bishop of Suhag ordained a number of monks for several monasteries in Upper Egypt. The new monks belong to the monasteries of ST. Shenouda, Red monastery and Archangel monastery in Akhmim.

Egyptian court ruled on Sunday to support the death sentence against Adel Abdel Nour Suleiman, known as Adel Asaliah, who stepped a Coptic merchant in front of his shop in Alexandria. The Criminal Court of Alexandria sentenced on 9 March, 2017, the defendant to death penalty before his lawyer appealed the death sentence. The court rejected the appeal and issued a final ruling against the defendant.

The main achievements during the first term of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (2014-2018) have been mainly in two domains: security and infrastructure. The domain of security included the salvation of the Egyptian people from the radical rule of the Muslim Brothers who are the custodian of radical Islam and terrorism. It also included maintaining Egypt s relative security in a far from secured Middle East Region. Such a non-stop task included 24 hour a day monitoring of all the borders of Egypt, particularly with Libya, Gaza and Israel. For the overwhelming majority of the Egyptian people, security is a more important priority than anything including democracy. In parallel, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi obviously kept Egypt quite far from the anarchy that prevailed in a number of Middle Eastern countries such as Libya, Syria and Yemen. In a way, one could say that while President Putin rescued Russia from the gigantic disorder that prevailed throughout the 1990s, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi similarly rescued Egypt from a bloody disorder such as the devastating chaos which ruined Libya, Yemen and Syria, a chaos that was not only blessed but obviously supported by the USA and the EU in general and by specific figures such as Hillary Clinton in particular.

Faculty of Pharmacy at Assiut University scheduled an exam for its students included Copts on the eve of Easter. The Coptic students complained that this prevents them from attending church, but the faculty responded that it is their problem to attend the church or to take the exam.

Under the patronage of Pope Twadros II and Abba Moussa, Bishop of Youth, the Coptic Orthodox Church organized a conference on the Coptic faith entitled Dogma7 . The main lecture was delivered by Abba Bishoy, Archbishop of Damietta and Abba Moussa, Bishop of Youth.

St. Shenouda Church in Aswan celebrated Mother s Day in the presence of its priests and ministers. Prizes for ideal mothers were distributed in the celebration.

The decision of the Australian government to refuse 10 cases of Coptic asylum seekers raised anger of Coptic leaders who expressed their concern over the decision. Among those refugees in Melbourne an elderly couple in their 70s, a mother with young children as well as some young people, and those are facing deportation despite the ongoing violence in Egypt against Coptic Christians.

Coptic priests in Chicago demanded urgent intervention by Pope Tawadros II to end what they called the theological debate on Facebook Pages. Statement said that some entities trying to show themselves as heroes who protect the faith and defend the orthodox faith though they have no degree or authority in the church.

After he ordained 15 new priests for the ministry in Alexandria churches, Pope Tawadros asked the new priests to give enough time for their families and to balance between time spent on their ministry and with their families.

Abba Raphael, Bishop of the Churches of Central Cairo and General Secretary of the Holy Synod, celebrated the Holy Mass at the church of St. Anthony and St. Paula in Guildford, Australia. During the mass, he sermonized about happiness, and later he gave a sermon about the importance of Jesus Christ crucifixion for our salvation.

Midland express newspaper in Melbourne published a report about the first Coptic Orthodox Monasetry of nuns that was opened by Pope Tawadros II last September. The Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Melbourne has snapped up the historic Campaspe House at 29 Goldies Lane to turn it into the Archangel Michael Monastery for Nuns, as well as a retreat for women.

Two unidentified gunmen opened fire early Friday on a church in Cairo s Helwan district, killing nine people and injuring five others, Egypt s health and interior ministries said. Security forces shot dead one of the assailants in an exchange of fire while the other fled, a senior interior ministry official told state news agency MENA.

The Saints church in Alexandria holds a spiritual celebration in the 7th anniversary of the martyrdom of 23 of its members on Christmas eve 2011. The celebration is held from December 29 to December 31 and is attended by Abba Bavly, the general bishop of Montazah.

The Archbishop of Atfeeh issued a statement on Friday afternoon saying the Church of al-Amir Tadros (Prince Tadros) in the Kafr al-Waselin village in Giza was attacked by a mob who gathered on Friday at noon outside the church while chanting hostile slogans that demanded the demolition of the church. According to the statement, hundreds broke into the church, destroyed its contents, and beat the Christians who were present.

Com Luffy village crisis came to an end as Copts waiver the case and acquitted those who attacked their homes last year.

Abba Suriel, Bishop of Melbourne, celebrated the end of the academic year at St. Athanasius College at the Eporo Tower. The celebration began with the vesper prayers at the church of St .Verena and St. Bishoy.

President Donald Trump reversed decades of US policy on Wednesday and recognised Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, despite warnings from around the world that the gesture further drives a wedge between Israel and the Palestinians. In a speech at the White House, Trump said his administration would also begin a process of moving the U.S. embassy in Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, which is expected to take years.

Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Alexandria rang sad bell melodies in mourn for mosque attack to show its deep sympathy and solidarity with the victims. The Patriarchate had issued a statement to denounce the bloody attack and the terrorist who lost all humanity to target worshipers while performing their prayers.

The attack on the crowded al-Rawdah Mosque in the town of Bir al-Abed in Northern Sinai, which was launched during Friday Prayers, killed 305 and injured at least 128 others. Images of the dead and wounded, posted under the hashtag "Rawdah massacre," flooded Arabic social media since the attack. Egyptian officials called it the deadliest terrorist attack in Egypt s modern history, and some commentators have already called it "Egypt s 9/11." While Egypt, and particularly the Sinai Peninsula, has faced terror attacks by jihadist groups in the past – mainly against security forces and Coptic churches – this attack was different: for the first time, jihadists deliberately targeted Muslim civilians during prayer time in a mosque, killing men, women and children, and opening fire from outside the mosque on those who tried to flee the carnage taking place inside it.

Copts in Australia expressed their sorrow and grief after gay marriage was legalized in Australia. Results released Wednesday by the Australian Bureau of Statistics revealed 61% of the population voted to allow same-sex marriage, with 38% voting against.

The North Cairo Criminal Court decided on Wednesday to refer the documents of the Ahmed Saeed, who is accused of killing the Coptic priest, Samaan Shehta, to Egypt’s grand Mufti, seeking the Mufti’s approval to execute the defendant. The referral of Saeed’s documents to the grand Mufti indicates that the court’s judiciary approved of a death sentence. The court set the date to declare a final verdict to January 15 2018.