Abba Rafael, General Bishop of Churches in Midtown Cairo and secretary of the Holy Synod arrived to Amsterdam on a pastoral care visit to the Coptic Church there. He was received by Abba Arsany, Bishop of the Netherlands.

Coptic Orthodox Church issued a statement yesterday to reveal facts about the injured face of the late Abba Abraham, Bishop of Jerusalem.

Meeting of “religious discourse” committee of Egyptian Family House is going to be held on Monday for three days.

Pope Francis expressed hope that the Catholic and Orthodox churches will be united soon. He said that this year should witness new steps of mutual forgiveness and rapprochement between the Catholic Church and the Orthodox churches.

Student at the fourth grade of the Primary education in Egypt learn that Jews are traitors.

Anba Arsana, bishop of the Netherlands, ordained Deacon Stephen as general priest in the Netherlands, which is the first priest ordination in the diocese.

Naguib Sawirous, the founder of the Free Egyptians Party, warned against the increasing danger of ISIS, especially as its ideas are being adopted by several youth people who are manipulated by false information about religion.

Joseph Malak, lawyer and director of the Egyptian Center for Studies and Human Rights, demanded extra security measures at Coptic churches and monasteries with threats of IS to carry out terrorist attacks in Egypt.

News Press website announced that IS called to target the Coptic monastery of St Mary known as Paramos in Egypt and published information about the monastery.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark See, said he did not know about the will of Anba Abraham, Bishop of Jerusalem, until the day of his funeral.

Egypt is looking to increase exports to Russia by 15 percent in the coming year, eyeing an opportunity to take advantage of Russian restrictions on Turkish imports, an Egyptian ministry of trade official said on Saturday.

President Abdel Fatah al Sisi, his Cypriot counterpart Nicos Anastasiades and Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras are scheduled to hold a tripartite summit in Athens Tuesday, Youm7 reported.

Egypt's prosecution ordered Saturday the detention of five low-ranking policemen for four days on accusations of involvment in torturing to death a detainee in Upper Egypt's Luxor, reported state news agency MENA.

The Church of St. George and the Theban Legion celebrated the remains of St. Verena, St. Maurice, St. Victor and St. Ursus in their Shrine in the Church after they were recently received.

Thousands of Copts celebrated the visit of Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, to Alexandria to deliver his speech on Wednesday.

Ziad Bandak, adviser of Palestinian President for Christian relations, said that Christians in Palestine will not celebrate Christmas, and will only perform the religious rites.

Youth Bishopric started new specialized courses in the fields of religion, ritual, the Bible, family life, leadership and management.

The Vatican said that Pope Francis will not change his planned trip to Africa next week, despite security fears for his safety, especially after the terrorist attacks in Paris and Mali.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, invited the Copts to have the spiritual training for this month which is cooperation for good deeds and charity.

Sheikh Yasser Borhamy, Vice-President of the Salafist call, said that Muslims should not support the "infidel Russia" against a Muslim country like Turkey.

In his weekly sermon, Pope Tawadros II sermonized about humility inviting the Coptic people to practice such virtue during the holy fast of Christmas that has started a week ago.