Father Francis Farid, agent of Beni Suef diocese said that the Church is praying to God that he may support Egyptian police and army in their war against terrorism.

As the Coptic Church is celebrating the fasting of Jonah the prophet, daily masses are celebrated for three days.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, is going to attend the feast of St. Anatony next Friday at his monastery in the Red Sea.

The first floor of Archangel Michael and St. Anthony church at Diabia Village, Beni Suef has been completed.

Car of Father Bishoy Youssef, priest of St. George Church at Wasti was attacked and set on fire by masked people.

Father Rizkallah Goda, Priest of Archangel Michael and St. Anthony, in Diabia, said that rebuilding the church has started. He added that the church has finally received the license to rebuild the church from Engineering Department at Beni Suef governorate.

Father Rizkallah Goda, Pirest of Archangel Michael and St. Anthony, in Diabia, said he has finally received the license to rebuild the church of Engineering Department at Beni Suef governorate.

Father Philemon Ayad Attia, Priest of ST. George Church, said that 16 Copts escaped death in Libya and returned to Egypt yesterday.

Dr. Amin Lotfi, President of the University of Beni Suef, visited churches and monasteries of the province of Beni Suef, with a delegation from professors of the university, to congratulate the Copts on Christmas.

Wasti Sons League honored four Muslims for preventing bombing the church of St. Abanoub in Wasti on November 28.

Magdi Alaptaty, governor of Beni Suef, charged mayor of Fashn city with visiting the family of Coptic child Abdel Massih Ezzat who was accused of stealing five loaves of bread. The boy was sentenced in absentia to a prison sentence without his family knowing.

Father Paul Fahmi, Agent of Coptic Catholics Bishopric in Beni Suef, said the Church will hold a Mass for the Feast of Christmas at the night of December 24th, but will not celebrate the feast or receive official congratulations until January 7th.

For the second time, a bomb was neutralized in Beni Suef University yesterday. It was planted next to the Faculty of Information.

Website of the Muslim Brotherhood tried to spread false information about Pope Tawadros, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St.

Salafist ultra conservative party started to befriend the Copts for the elections, but the Copts refused such attempts.

Bishop Ghobrial, Bishop of Beni Suef, said that a new charitable hospital owned by the church will be opened in five month.

Father Rezkalla Gouda, priest of Archangel Michael and St. Antony Church in Diabia, Wasti, is finally being reconstructed after it was demolished couple of years ago after the dispersal of Rabaa Adawia and Nahda sit-ins.

April 6 movement in conjunction with the “Revolution Path Front” has called to demonstrate against the release and acquittal by the court.

Gamal Ragheb, eyewitness, said that a bomb was found yesterday next to St. Abanoub church in Wasti. Police were reported, and bomb squad team defused the bomb before it explodes and without causing any casualties.

Hundreds of residents of Bahbashin village in Beni Suef have participated in the funeral of police officer Abdel Aal Abu Hassan who was killed in a terrorist attack yesterday in El-Arish.

State National Security in Beni Suef has arrested two leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood in a security crackdown.