Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark See, resumed his weekly sermon today at the church of St. George, Heliopolis. This comes after the Pope had stopped his weekly sermon for 7 weeks as he was traveling abroad.

The official page of the Salafis denounced the boycott of youth of the party to the election that resulted in the winning of Copts to the elections against Islamic candidates.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark See, invited the people to practice the spiritual exercise of acting wisely.

Coptic student groups in the university celebrate today the festival of the groups at Youth bishopric. The "Festival of Faith" was attended by Abba Moussa, Bishop of Youth, and Bishop Rafael, Secretary of the Holy Synod, as well as Abba Martiros, the general Bishop. The festival was also attended by several artists, writers and public figures.

MP Magdy Bayoumi, coordinator of the wining electoral list Love Egypt in Beni Suef ignored the church while celebrating their victory in the first phase of the elections. The celebration was attended by thousands of citizens in Beni Suef.

Dr. Rev. Andrea Zaki, Chairman of Evangelical community in Egypt, said that terrorism has no religion and must be confronted.

Hilmi Namnam, Egypt's Minister of Culture, said takfiris and terrorists around the world are great threat to the Islamic culture.

Ministers in Suez are receiving a course about the importance of planning at the Church of St. Anthony in Suez. The course is entitled "Influential Orthodox Leader. This comes as the church is giving great concern to soft skills and how to link them to the holy bible for greater benefit for the people.

Abba Cyril, Bishop of Nag Hamadi, decided to put the remains of Nag Hamadi martyrs who were killed at Christmas eve in 2010 in the church for blessing.

Dr. Yasser Al Borhamy , Vice-President of the Salafist call, said he is willing to cooperate with the Coptic businessman Naguib Sawiris, the founder of the Free Egyptians Party, if he adheres to the Constitution and the law.

Al-Nour ultra conservative Islamic Party accused the church of being behind its losses in the first phase of the elections in Egypt, by supporting certain candidates.

Father Poulos Halim, a spokesman for the Coptic Orthodox Church, said that Pope Tawadros II arrived at Cairo on Thursday after a pastoral care visit to churches of the Untied States of America for three weeks.

Abba Mark, General Bishop of Paris, opened on Saturday the Conference of ministers entitled "the faithful servant".

Luxor Security Directorate is taking extra security measures before the Copts celebrate the feast of St. George on November 10th.

Egyptian newspapers said that several Copts won the Parliamentary elections in the 2015 as 16 Copts won during the first phase of the elections.

The Coptic Church in Austria holds today a conference for the youth for three days at the Church of the Virgin Mary and the monastery of St. Anthony in Vienna.

General Salah al-Din Hassan, Drector of Qena security, said that police closed down a house that belongs to a priest in Qena since Christians tried to convert the house into a church without having the due licenses.

Russia's top Investigative Committee has launched a criminal case against airline Kogalymavia after one of its planes with 224 people aboard crashed in Egypt on Saturday, Russian news agencies said, quoting the committee's spokesman.

The black box that was aboard the Russian aircraft crashed Saturday over Sinai was found at the crash site, Egypt’s state-run T.V announced, citing a statement of the Egyptian Civil Aviation Ministry.

A Russian airliner carrying 224 passengers and crew crashed in Egypt's Sinai peninsula on Saturday after losing radar contact and plummeting from its cruising altitude, killing all aboard.

Amir Nasif, Coptic candidate, said that al-Nour ultra conservative party has offered him 300.000 LE in order to join the party and run for elections on their lists.