Ambassador Hamdi Loza, Deputy Foreign Minister, said that the total number of votes in the second phase abroad amounted 37 168 votes.

Pope Twadross, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark, invited the masses of the Copts and the Egyptians to take part in the ongoing parliamentary elections.

Police announced today the arrest of 29 leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood on charges of attacking police and army. Extra security measures have been taken in Egypt these days and the matter is under investigation.

Reuters news agency reported that the Russian intelligence services have confirmed that a terrorist bombing attack was behind the fall of the Russian aircraft in Sinai last week. Traces of explosives were found in the wreckage of the plane. The Federal Security Service confirmed that the bomb weighed one kilogram .

The Church of St. George in Fayoum celebrated the commemoration of the consecration of the first church of St. George.

Ahmed Abdul Aziz Mustafa, Egypt's ambassador to Uganda, held meeting with the media representatives in Uganda on Friday to clarify the Egyptian point of view concerning the Russian airplane crash in the Sinai.

Ahmed Abu Zeid, a spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said that the Egyptian embassies abroad continue to confirm the extra security measures taken by the Egyptian authorities after the accident of the Russian plane.

Egypt’s Foreign Ministry denounced the statements made by United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Monday concerning the arrest of journalist Hossam Bahgat.

Abba Moussa, Bishto op of Youth, is in good health and is carrying on his duties, according Abba Rafael, secretary of the Holy Synod and Bishop of Central Cairo Churches.

Unknown gunmen kidnapped a child called Kastor Amir Bushra, 5 years old, for 100.000 LE ransom. They threatened his family that they would kill the child in case the money was not paid on time.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark See, signed on Monday a historic agreement between the Claremont University and Saints Athanasius and Cyril Theological Coptic Orthodox school.

Father Paul Halim, spokesman for the Coptic Orthodox Church, said that former acting Patriarch, Bishop Pachomius, casted his vote today in Behira governorate in spite of his serious illness.

Several Coptic activists denounced luxury of Pope Tawadros during his visit to America after he appeared riding private airplane and expensive cars.

For the first time, Abba Pachomios, bishop of Behira, ordained a virgin priest in the diocese.

Commenting on the nomination of some Copts on the electoral lists of al-Nour ultra conservative party, Pope Twadharos II said that nobody can serve two masters; they can’t be honest before themselves as they support the party that calls them infidels.

Mayor of the city of Brighton and Hove situated in East Sussex, England promised to establish a school for the Coptic community.

Minya Diocese held meeting in St. Mary Church in Nazlet Faragalla for craftsmen to raise awareness about the danger of drugs.

Bishop Eklemandos, the General Bishop of Ottawa, Montreal and eastern Canada, visited Gander for the first time since his ordination.

Copts for the home association, headed by Karim Kamal, issued a statement on Tuesday to call the Egyptian Diaspora in the United States of America to demonstrate before the UN building in New York City, during the visit of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to America, delivering his speech before the General Assembly of the United Nations. He called the demonstrators to form human chains in support of the president.

The Salafist Call and al-Nour ultra conservative party used fatwa of Sheikh Mohammed Nasreddin the Albanian, which legalized nominating the Copts on the electoral lists of al-Nour. The fatwa considered the Copts less dangerous than atheists on Islam, and therefore, voting for them is the least evil!

Abba Iklimindos, General Bishop of Ottawa, Montreal and eastern Canada, ordained 8 new deacons in the church of St. Mina in Halifax.