Congregation of St. Mark Church in Pennsylvania celebrated the silver jubilee of the ordination of Father Jawargios Fahmi, priest of the church.

Sabry Ragheb, owner of a tourism company, said that less Copts are traveling to Jerusalem at pilgrimage season in Easter. He explained that less than 5 thousand Copts have traveled last year, while 10 thousands have traveled the previous year.

Adviser Monsif Suleiman, Legal Advisor to the Coptic Orthodox Church, said that there is no text in the Gospel that contrary to Islamic law on inheritance.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, said that restoration of the great cathedral of St. Mark would take a long time.

The kidnapped child Antonious Nawar returned after his family paid 300.000 LE ransom. This came after the kidnappers negotiated the price for 8 days. The child was kidnapped in front of his school in Minbal village.

Coptic Orthodox Church in Qena announced to prevent people with indecent clothing from entering the church during wedding ceremonies. The decision will be applied from May 1st.

The coalition of the Copts of Egypt signed a protocol of cooperation with the Egyptian Center for Development Studies and Human Rights to combat sectarian strife.

Father Estifanous Shehata, Deputy of Samalout Diocese, said that Minya has three closed churches that are waiting for the parliament to decide about.

Father Poulos Halim, spokesman for the Coptic Orthodox Church, said that the Church celebrated the distributing of cups and presents to St. Mark festival 2015 winners.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, denounced the imprisonment of 4 Coptic children on charges of contempt of Islam and described such ruling as shameful.

The Muslim Brotherhood group confirmed its participation in the demonstrations on Friday because of the crisis of Tiran and Sanafir islands.

The weekly meeting of HG Abba Ghobrial, Bishop of Beni Suef, receives tomorrow Abba Beeman, Bishop of Naqada and Qous.

Spokesperson of the Coptic Orthodox Church announced that Pope Tawadros II received the Togolese President in the Papal residence in the Great Cathedral of St. Mark.

Abba Arsani, Bishop of the Netherlands, opened this week a new church in "Velsen Noord". The church was called Pope Cyril VI Church.

The Norwegian Lutheran Church voted yesterday in favor of gay marriage inside the churches. The churches will allow same-sex couples to marry in the country's churches.

Pope Tawadros II delivered his weekly sermon today at St. Mary Church in Golf City. He invited the people to follow the word of God and read the holy bible every single day. This is the best way to benefit from its guidance.

Spokesman for the Coptic Orthodox Church said the Diocese of the Netherlands bought a Catholic monastery in Eastern of the Netherlands in order to establish a Coptic monastery.

Dr. Ahmed Karima, a professor of Islamic law and a member of the senior scholars at Al-Azhar, said that Muslims are targeted by campaigns to prevent niqab. He added that if Muslim women are prevented from wearing niqab, Christen women should be prevented from wearing the cross as well.

Keraza magazine announced names of bishops who are going to celebrate the Easter in churches of the Diaspora.

Spokesman for the Coptic Orthodox Church said that Abba Angelos, Bishop of the churches of North Shoubra visited orphans of Archangel Association in Shubra.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark See, received on Monday a high-level delegation of members of Lebanese Parliament.