Bishop Isaac of Tima celebrated today the feats of St. George, which commemorates the establishment of the first Church on his name, which was in Palestine. The celebration was held with the participation of the congregation and priests of the diocese, amid precautionary measures to prevent the spread of Corona virus.

The monastery of St. George in Rizeigat in Luxor concluded its celebrations that lasted for 11 days. The participants celebrated the feast of establishing the first church on the name of St. George, which was in Palestine. The celebration was headed by Bishops Hedra of Aswan, Markos of Shobra al-Khaimah, Bemen of Naqada and Youannis of Assiut. It was held amid precautionary measures to prevent the spread of Corona virus.

Muslims and Christian clergy in Minya held a meeting of the initiative of making peace and dialogue to discuss how to activate principle of peaceful coexistence and changing some misconceptions in the society. The initiative called to remove religion from national ID in order to get rid of extremism and unite the Egyptian people.

The Archdiocese of Mallawy canceled part of St. George festival celebration due to the spread of Corona virus. Bishop Dmetrios of the diocese issued a decision to allow only 25% of the capacity of the churches to attend the celebration.

Bishop Wissa of Kosheh and Baliana celebrated the Holy Mass at the Coptic church of St. George in Rome with Bishop Bernaba of Turin and Rome. This comes during his pastoral care visit to Rome where he held a meeting with the congregation.

One of the largest Austrian newspapers prepared a report on Dr. Ghada Wali Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Director of the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime and director of the headquarters of the International Organization in Vienna. She is the first woman to head the United Nations Agency in Vienna, which is the third official headquarters of the United Nations along with New York and Geneva. Egypt s Minister of Social Solidarity Ghada Wali has been chosen to become the new director-general of the United Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV) and the executive director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).

Bishop Benjamin of Menofia denied reports about changing the Christian Faith Law. He explained that the law was written by fathers of the church many years ago and nobody can make a slight change to it.

Copts in Bir al-Abd city appealed to police to investigate and return the kidnapped man Nabil Habashi in Bir al-Abed in North Sinai in spite of the extra security measures taken in the city to face the terrorists. Son of the kidnapped man had appealed to the President to intervene to find his father who works in trading and has a good relationship with everybody, according to his son.

Armed men kidnapped a Coptic man called Nail Habashi in Bir al-Abed in North Sinai in spite of the extra security measures taken in the city to face the terrorists. Son of the kidnapped said his father works in trading and has a good relationship with everybody.

13 Copts won the second phase of the House of Representatives elections, which includes the governorates of Cairo, Delta and East Canal. The second phase included 6 governorates (Cairo, Qalyubia, Dakahlia, Menoufia, Gharbia, Kafr El Sheikh.

The Giza Criminal Court decided today to punish Muhammad Shawqi Sayed in re-trial procedures and sentenced him to 10 years in prision. The man was accusing among 71 defendants of burning the Kafr Hakim Church in Kerdasa. It is worth noting that all of the defendants in this case were sentenced in absentia to life imprisonment before they were arrested and applied for a re-trial of their trial procedures.

The European Union of Coptic Organizations for Human Rights EUCOHR offered condolences to the family of Gerges Baroumi, who was oppressed and sentenced to imprison, for the death of his father. The Union demanded the release of Gerges after spending most of his punishment.

The choir of St. Joseph Maronite Cathedral led by the priest George Khattar, participated at the activities of the International Festival of "Samaa” for singing and spiritual music, under the slogan: "Together we change the world” at the Interfaith Complex in ancient Egypt. The choir presented a number of spiritual hymns from the Maronite Church s hymns heritage in addition to other songs. Khoury George Khattar, leader of the Maronite Church choir, affirmed that the festival reflects a state of coexistence and national unity between Christians and Muslims in Egypt.

Archbishop Hedra of Aswan congratulated Eng. Kamel Michel, for his appointment to the Senate I’m 2020. It is worth mentioning that Eng. Kamel Michel is a servant at the diocese of Aswan.

Counselor Youssef Talaat, advisor to the Presidency of the Evangelical Community in Egypt, stated that the representatives of the three Egyptian churches, Orthodox, Evangelical and Catholic, had agreed on the draft of the personal status law before it is submitted to the cabinet. He added that the meeting of representatives of the three churches took place at the headquarters of the Council of Ministers with the participation of Anba Paula, Counselor Moncef Soliman for the Orthodox Church, Dr. Reverend Stephanos Zaki, Priest Rifat Fathi and Counselor Yusef Talaat from the Evangelical community, and both Anba Thomas and Chancellor Jamil Halim from the Catholic Church.

Bishop Paula of Tanta issued a decision to shut down two churches after a number of priests in them were infected with the new Corona virus. He added that all people should strictly follow the precautionary measures in the parish churches including wearing the masts.

President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi issued a decision to appoint a number of leaders and community sects in the Senate as the constitution allows him to appoint 100 personalities from all sects. Engineer Kamel Michel is minister at Aswan diocese and a businessman and CEO of several companies and a member the Crisis Management Committee of the Holy Synod, a member of the Egyptian-Ethiopian Relations Committee, and an observer of the Ethiopian Papal elections - Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and he was chosen in 2014 to be a member of the Deir al-Sultan Talks Committee, in Jerusalem, for the Coptic Church.

In his speech in meeting entitled Love for Egypt, HG Bishop Paula of Tanta talked about Egypt s pioneering civilizational role since the dawn of history and its leadership in many fields such as chemistry, medicine, arts, etc. He added that Egypt since the Pharaonic era believed in the one God, and had a very special place in the holy bible, especially the flight of the Holy Family to Egypt.

As the diocese of Beba and Al-Fashn is celebrating the third anniversary of the martyrdom of the priest Samaan Shehata, priest of the Church of St. Julius Al-Aqfahsi in Ezbet Gerges in Al-Fashn, the Court of Cassation will review the first hearings of the appeal submitted by the man accused of killing the priest Samaan Shehata on his death sentence. The case dates back to 2017 when Ahmed Saeed Ibrahim Al-Sunbati, 19 years old, an industrial technician, residing in Marj, used a knife to stab and kill the priest, and the investigations assured he doesn’t suffer from any mental illness.

10 Copts and Muslims were detained in the Dabbous village sectarian attacks in Minya. Militants attacked yesterday evening the Copts of the village of Dabous in Samalout Minya after a disagreement between Copts and Muslims in the village. A car and couple of windows of Coptic houses were destroyed in the attack. Police were reported and the assailants escaped before any of them was arrested.

A new crisis erupted in the Badari Center in Assiut Governorate, after the disappearance of the 20-year-old Coptic girl Magda Mansour Ibrahim, and her declaration she was converted into Islam in a video published on social media. Coptic activists said such videos don’t prove anything, especially after similar videos were published to Coptic women like Rania Abdul Massih and Christine Zarif, and it was revealed later that they were kidnapped and forced to record the videos.