In his article in Keraza magazine, Pope Tawadros II, said that he prays for the new law of building churches and hopes it will solve the problem of building churches in Egypt.

The first ordination of monks was held on Satuday in St. Shenouda the Archimandrite in Sydney in the presence of Bishop Daniel, head of the monastery, Anba Suriel, Bishop of Melbourne and Abba Danieal, bishop of Sydney, Bishop Justus, head of St. Anthony monastery in the Red Sea and Abba Beeman, Bishop of Nakada.

Martyred priest of Arish joins martys of Egypt and the church

Coptic Christian priest killed in Egypt's North Sinai

The churches of the state of New South Wales receives Abba Angelos, Bishop of the Coptic Church in the United Kingdom, who came from Melbourne at the invitation of the Council of the churches of the state of New South Wales, Australia, to attend a public celebration prepared by the Council entitled “I was a stranger”.

The Coptic Museum in Cairo started its restoration work since parts of the frontispiece were damaged due to heavy rain and sun over years.

Naeem Aziz, Coptic man from al-Bayda village, said that police have prevented him from entering his apartment at the so called church.

A Coptic man called Herfy Fawzi heard that Copts are under attack in Baida village. Thus, he decided to visit his daughter to reassure about her. However, he was arrested on charges of inciting sedition. He told Copts United that police have not arrested any of the actual defendants who destroyed and burned several houses in the village.

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Dr. Sameh Saad Sadiq, reported police that his father received death threat from his neighbors since he refused to sell them his land.

Church of Alexandria called for prayer meeting for the oppressed in the incidents in Karm village, Minya governorate.

Senior EgyptAir officials met with the French relatives of some of those killed in an EgyptAir plane crash on Thursday, Egypt's civil aviation said on Saturday.

Farmers in Daqahlia have complained of the loss of rice crops on more 10,000 feddans of farmland due to shortages of water in irrigation canals.

A police officer and a conscript were killed Saturday after their armored vehicle struck a roadside bomb in North Sinai town of Arish, security source told Youm7.

An EgyptAir flight carrying 66 passengers and crew on a flight from Paris to Cairo has disappeared from radar over the Mediterranean Sea, Egypt's national airline said on Thursday.

A number of residents of the Luxor district of Tiba have set two police cars on fire and hurled stones at the officers, apparently in response to the arrest of two men riding a motorbike without license plates, the Interior Ministry said on Saturday.

Hundreds of migrants were brought to Italy on Friday having been rescued from the sea over the past day, however the majority were not Syrian, as previously reported, but came from a variety of countries, officials said.

Member of Parliament Fouad Badrawy has called on Prime Minister Sherif Ismail to supply the missing information on the “multiple fires” seen in Cairo in recent days, adding fuel to speculation that arsonists have been at work in Cairo and elsewhere, perhaps with a view to destabilizing the nation.

More than 150 people were sentenced to between two and five years in prison on Saturday over their participation in protests against an Egyptian-Saudi Red Sea maritime border demarcation deal last month.

The Seminar of priests of Australia and New Zealand started on Monday in Sydney with the participation of Abba Suriel, Bishop of Melbourne, Abba Daniel, Bishop of Sydney, and Bishop Daniel, head of the monastery of St. Shenouda the Archimandrite in Sydney.

Daniel Williams is a former correspondent for the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times and Bloomberg News and a former senior researcher at Human Rights Watch.