During his weekly sermon, Pope invited the Egyptian people to donate for Egypt in order to support the Egyptian economy.

Hani al-Masry, coordinator of the Association of the victims of the personal status law, said that the new draft of the personal status law gave him pleasure since it accepted the abandonment as reason for divorce.

Abba Serapion, Bishop of Los Angeles, said that the Coptic Orthodox Church gives permissions for second marriage according to the gospel.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, attended yesterday a seminar at St. Bishoy monastery in Wadil Natroun, to discuss the personal status law.

Congregation of Beni Suef celebrated Abba Antonious, Bishop of Jerusalem, during his visit yesterday to Beni Suef accompanied by Abba Youstos, bishop of St. Anthony monastery in the Red Sea.

A group of members of the Egyptian Parliament called to nullify the law of defamation of religion. They added that only Sheikh of Al-Azhar can decide the abolition of the law or not.

After actor Hassan Youssef announced he is going to personify Pope Shenouda in a film or a series, General Congregation Council of the Coptic Orthodox Church issued a statement to warn against producing a film about Pope Shenouda III without taking permission of the church.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, attends a seminar in St. Bishoy monastery in Wadil Natroun, to discuss the personal status law.

A group of MPs to meet with Minister of Justice on Thursday to discuss the crisis of Minya children who were sentenced to five years in prison on charges of contempt of Islam.

Abba Antonious, Bishop of Jerusalem, visited today Beni Suef accompanied by Abba Youstos, bishop of St. Anthony monastery in the Red Sea.

A group of Evangelical Pastors issued a statement to denounce recent sectarian incidents in Minya governorate like refusing to appoint a Christian principal and the imprisonment of Coptic children in Beni Mazar.

General Congregation Council of the Coptic Orthodox Church issued a statement to warn against producing a film about Pope Shenouda III without taking permission of the church.

TV presenter Ibrahim Eissa said yesterday that a policeman was behind the lawsuit against Coptic children in Beni Mazar in which they were sentenced to 5 years in prison. Therefore, the Minister of Interiors is responsible for what happened.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark See, promoted Abba Athanasius, Bishop of France, to the rank of Metropolitan, during a celebration in St. Mark Church in Klout Bai.

The Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church held a seminar on Monday at the monastery of Saint Bishoy in Wadil Natroun to discuss the expansion of divorce reasons in the new unified law for non-Muslims.

Japanese ambassador in Cairo described the visit of president Abdul Fattah al-Sisi to Japan as historic. He explained that the visit aims to increase cooperation in the fields of education, economy and other areas that will achieve stability and development in Egypt.

Base of St. George Church in Nazlet Hanna was completed and the building process is going on after it was stopped for cracks in houses adjacent to the Church. The cracks were repaired before the work processes.

Karim Kamal, founder of Copts for the home union, denounced the law of defamation of religion since its being used as punishment for innocent people and let the extremists alone.

European Union of Coptic Organization for Human Rights EUCOHR demanded the abolition of contempt of religion law after Egyptian court has sentenced four Coptic Christian children to five years in prison on charges of defamation of religions and insulting Islamic sanctities.

Students of another school in Minya demonstrated against the appointment of a Christian principal of their school.

Customary reconciliation session was held in Qena to put an end to a dispute over a piece of land between Christian and Muslim families.