Abba Gabriel, Bishop of Beni Suef, said during his weekly sermon in Diocese of Beni Suef, in the presence of a large number of priests and congregation of the diocese that he joined the reserve military service as an officer in the great Egyptian army, after he finished his study in the university.

A Copt called B. P, 28 years old, owner of shipper office, lives in Tama Center in Sohag Governorate, was injured and stolen after he was attacked while he was setting in a café.

Abdullah Boshra, lawyer of the kidnapped Coptic girl's family, said that the prosecution of Samasta in Beni Suef listened to statements of the father and uncle of the Coptic minor girl who disappeared since early Wednesday and promised to return the girl to her family this week.

Police in Minya succeeded in releasing kidnapped Copt called Issa Henry Shamrokh, 65 years old, lives in Dermoas in Minya, who was kidnapped by unknown persons while he was on his way to work in his agricultural Land.

Father Hator Boshra, pastor of Virgin Mary Church, in Kafr Darwish village, center of Fashn in Beni Suef Governorate, said that the church is going to hold national unity breakfast table in the coming days on the occasion of the holy month of Ramadan, in the presence of representatives of the Muslim families in the village and a number of security and executive leadership.

Over 5 million people heeded to calls to boycott Egypt's mobile operators, a campaign founder told Aswat Masriya on Friday, pledging to launch a second call on Saturday titled "down with our networks".

An earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale struck Cairo and different governorates Saturday afternoon, said Mohamed el-Gabry, a professor at National Research Institute of Astronomy & Geophysics (NRIAG.) Gabry told Youm7 that the epicenter of the tremor is the Gulf of Aqaba.

A total of 22 Egyptian prisoners, pardoned by Saudi King Salman Bin Abdulaziz, arrived in the Cairo International Airport Saturday, Youm7 reported.

Media Center for the Coptic Orthodox Church said that Abba Moussa, Bishop of Youth, returned to Cairo after a pastoral visit to England.

A number of Coptic activists denied the existence of effective rebel movement against Pope Tawadros II, on the ground.

Police in Hampshire, a county on the southern coast of England in the United Kingdom, arrested a 17 years old boy on charges of burning a church that was built 200 years ago.

Judge of oppositions Court of Beni Suef is going to decide on Saturday whether or not to extend custody of Mahr Fayez, Coptic young man accused of contempt of Islamic religion.

Nader Sobhi Suleiman, founder of Christian Youth movement, denied amendments claimed by some newspapers to the new Personal Status Law.

A Coptic minor girl called Mariam Maher Lateef 17-year-old, was kidnapped today in Beni Suef.

National Security Police arrested 13 leaders of the terrorist group who were accused in many crimes such as destruction of public and private institutions, and another 4 whom belong to Specific Committees.

Abb Demian, Bishop of Germany, attended conference, which was held in the University of Gottingen to honor the professor Martin Tamckea, professor of ecumenical studies and director of the Ecumenical Institute of Theology and the history of the Eastern Churches and the Evangelical missionary history.

Military spokesman announced that armed forces attacked strongholds and hotbeds of terrorism in Sinai.

Austrian Foreign Ministry called to cancel the death penalty against the former president Mohamed Morsi, and reconsider the death sentences.

During his meeting with the Egyptian Minister of Tourism, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi stressed the importance providing all means of security for tourists as guests of Egypt and said he ordered police to provide the maximum protection for them.

Abba Makarios, General bishop in Minya, told Copts United that there are several mutual visits between Bishops of Minya and other Bishops upon request of Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark See.

Thousands of Copts flocked to monastery of St. Mina the miraculous in King Marriott in Alexandria, to celebrate the anniversary of St. Mina's martyrdom.