Amid tight security measures the festival of St. George in Rozaikat, Luxor, was held. Mohammed Badr, governor of Luxor, congratulated the Copts on the annual festival and said that police are doing their best to secure the celebration.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, adopted several projects to educate Coptic Christians. Pope presents a TV program called “The people ask and the Pope answers" in which he answers questions of the congregation in three different televisions.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, adopted several projects to educate Coptic Christians.

Dr. Rev. Ekram Lamei, head of media committee at the Evangelical Church, congratulated the Presbyterian Church in USA after one of its members won the presidential elections in America.

Russian Orthodox Church delegation visited the monastery of St. Mary Baramous in Wadil Natroun. The delegation is headed by Archbishop Theognust, Deputy of Patriarch Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia.

Dr. Amr Garhi, Egypt’s Minister of Finance, announced that Egypt is going to sign the IMF loan next week. The negotiations of the loan of $ 12 billion is almost done, the minister said.

Egyptian court sentenced 3 people to life imprisonment for burning St. Mary Church in Kerdasa. The defendants were charged with attacking the church of St. Mary in Kafr Hakim and setting it on fire with other defendants.

Police in Minya arrested 3 members of the Muslim Brotherhood for inciting the people to demonstrate against the government.

Abba Mina, Bishop of Western Canada held the monthly meeting with priests of the diocese on Saturday at the church of St. Mina in Hamilton.

Al-Ghad news television has used videos of Copts United of recent sectarian incidents in Minya. Copts united had published several reports about the recent sectarian attacks in Upper Egypt.

Two defendants were arrested in Helwa village attack after they accidently shot three Coptic men near a wedding ceremony according to the happits in Upper Egypt.

Ambassador Youssef Shawki, Consul General of Egypt in Sydney, held a meeting with a number of Copts in Sydney to explain how to invest their money in Egypt by buying my homeland certificates.

Police investigations in Beni Suef arrested the killer of Coptic young lady Vina Ashraf, 20 years old. The Murderer confessed he killed her to steal her gold and cell phone.

Essam Badawi, governor of Minya, said during his meeting with the Egyptian family house that the house encourages dialogue and unity among the Egyptians.

Mallawy Police Department arrested a worker on charges of breaking into the Epiphany Church in Minya and the Epiphany School in Minya as well.

Abba Daniel, Bishop of Sydney, laid the foundation stone for the construction of St. Demiana Church at Pope Shenouda center in Sydney.

Board of Trustees of Magdi Yacoub Foundation announced that family of the late Munir Armenius has donated the cost of the new expansions, consisting of three floors.

Jose Gustavo Santos, Minister of Tourism in Argentine, said during his visit to Egypt that he is visiting Egypt for the first time and described Egypt as a great tourist country.

A new Deacon was ordained at the church of St. Anthony in Suez. Deacon Awn Filib was ordained a Deacon and was called Stephen.

Egyptian presidency decided to prevent ministers from appearing in media in order to maintain the prestige of the state to the public.

Dr. Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa, the Minister of Awqaf, said that countering terrorism is not only responsibility of Al-Azhar, but also the church.