Maj. Gen. Mohammed Ibrahim, Egyptian Minister of the Interior, said on Tuesday that police is going to use live ammunition if needed to defend state and citizens.

The Graduates of the Theological school in Assiut mourned the loss of Bishop Mikhail of the Diocese of Assiut.

Rev. Refat Fekry, Head of Media and Publishing Council at the Evangelical Church, mourned chief of the bishops , Anba Mikhail, bishop of Assiut.

Council of the Churches of Egypt issued a statement today to mourn the departure of Abba Michael, Bishop of Assiut, who passed away on Sunday.

Father Potros Daniel, head of the Catholic Center for cinema, described the visit of President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi to the Vatican to meet with Pope Francis I on Monday, as a meassage of peace.

Prof. Dr. "Sami Sabri", Dean of the Institute of Coptic Studies, supervises the PhD thesis of Abba Daniel, Bishop of Sydney next Wednesday.

The Egyptian armed forces and border guards have arrested 18 terrorist among which Ramadan Abdul Aziz and Mansour Salmy, extremely dangerous terrorist elements involved in Farafra terrorist attack.

Diocese of young people organized a celebration on Wednesday for creative young people, attended by Pope Tawadros and a number of ministers, intellectuals, artists and public figures.

Security forces in Assiut have seized 3 illegal workshops of firearms with hundreds of handmade firearms.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, returned to Cairo coming from Austria, after participating in the meeting of PRO-ORIENTA organization at the 50 anniversary of its foundation.

The General Union of Copts congratulated the Coptic congregation on two years of the alter lot that brought Pope Tawadros on the papal throne.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, met today after celebrating the holy mass with the Coptic Diaspora in Russia.

Abba Abaker, Bishop of Scandinavian countries, received on Monday a delegation from the Armenian Orthodox Church headed by Bishop of the Armenian Orthodox Church in Sweden, and a number of Armenian priests and deacons at St. Mina Cathedral in Stockholm.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, celebrated the Divine Liturgy today at the Armenian Church in Moscow in the presence of Abba Azras, Bishop of the Armenian Church.

Media Centre of the Coptic Orthodox Church said that Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria, and his accompanying delegation has arrived to the monastery of Novterg in St. Petersburg city, Russia.

Kirill I, Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia, received yesterday Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, in his headquarters in Moscow.

Coptic Orthodox Church denounced the assault on an army checkpoint in the Sinai Peninsula that killed 30 troops and injured many.

Council of the Churches of Egypt mourned the martyrs of El Arish terrorist attack in which 30 troops were killed on Friday.

The Coptic Cultural Center, headed by Bishop Ermia, organizes a lecture entitled "The most important canonical early sources in the first ecumenical endeavors between the Orthodox and Latin churches."

Media Center of the Coptic Orthodox Church announced that Abba Pachomius, former acting Patriarch, is going to leave hospital today and is going to return to Cairo next week.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark See, sent delegation of his Secretariat to check on the health of Abba Pachomius in London.