Abba Eklimindos, General Bishop of the Diocese of Ottawa, casted his vote today in the run-off of the first phase of the Egyptian elections at the Egyptian embassy in Ottawa, Canada.

Sunday School celebrated the 30th anniversary on the foundation of St. Mary Cathedral in the Netherlands. The celebration was attended by Anba Arsani, Bishop of the Netherlands and the priests of the church.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark See, invited the people to consecrate their lives for the Lord.

Members of the Muslim Brotherhood rejoiced over the misfortune of the Salafis in the first phase of the parliamentary elections that they lost all seats in the first phase of the Parliamentary elections.

A poll conducted by the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights said that the largest segment of the voters, the youth, decided to boycott the elections for the lack of confidence in the candidates, especially as most of them are members of the dissolved National Party.

Religious institutions in Egypt issued several statements to encourage voting in the parliamentary elections, after other fanatic institutions claimed elections are haram in general.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark See, met with the Egyptian Consul In Texas, Khaled Radi, at the Church of St. Mark in Houston.

In his speech to Copts in Huston, Pope Tawadros II, said that Egypt is fine and things are getting better there. He added that there are several promising projects that are under construction that should add to the Egyptian economy.

For the first time, Pope Twadharos II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark See, inaugurated on Saturday an altar in the United States of America.

Pope Francis received on Saturday representative of the Coptic Orthodox Church, Bishop Pernaba on the sidelines of meetings of the Vatican Council.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, arrived in Atlanta Airport in the United States of America for a pastoral care visit.

Pope Tawadros II, Patriarch of Saint Mark See, met today with nuns of the Virgin Mary and St. Demiana in Atlanta.

Coptic Orthodox Church in Switzerland celebrated on Tuesday the Feast of Saint Maurice, the Theban Legion battalion commander, at his church in Geneva.

Ethiopian President Mulatu Teshome has received Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark See, and the accompanying delegation at the presidential palace.

The Ministries of Culture and Youth decided to honor Abba Moussa, Bishop of Youth, for his great role in serving youth.

"Victims of personal status" union demanded the president to intervene and save them from what they called oppression of the church and to give them their right to live.

Adola Gamada, president of the Ethiopian Parliament, received Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, on Saturday at the Ethiopian Parliament.

Coptic Orthodox Church mourned the plastic artist Sabri Nashed, Supreme Council of Culture member and former general manager of museums and exhibitions at Fine Arts Authority.

Egyptian police announced they have killed 4 elements of a terrorist cell in Behira governorate. Police added that the terrorist cell was responsible for terrorist attacks against policemen and put explosive devices near several public properties.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, arrived today in Cairo International Airport after speeding 12 days in a pastoral care visit to Europe.

Father Poulos Halim, spokesperson for the Coptic Orthodox Church, said that Pope Tawadros II met with Ante Aakillen, president of the bishops of the Swedish Lutheran Church, at Uppsala Cathedral in Sweden.