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.

Police in Ismailia arrested a senior official on charges of belonging to the Muslim Brotherhood and calling for demonstrations.

Suzy Nashed, member of the Egyptian Parliament, said that the personal status Law of the Copts requires the approval of all churches.

Evangelical and the Catholic churches are celebrating 500 years of the evangelical reform. Evangelical Synod of the Nile is holding several seminars on evangelical reform at the beginning of the New Year.

American Coptic Association is going to sue Dr. Yasser Borhamy, Vice President of Salafist Preaching, for his statements in which he incites against Copts and threats the national unity.

Essam Badawi, governor of Minya, inspected the monastery of St. Mary in Jabal al-Tir aiming to develop the neighborhood.

Cardinal of Austria Christophe Schonbrunn arrived to Minya to visit families of the martyrs of Libya.

Father Ayyoub Yousef, priest of St. George Catholic Church in Delga village in Minya demanded the renewal of the mosque in the village due to the bad condition of the building..

A terrorist was arrested in Minya governorate on charges of attacking a church in Delga village, MInya. The terrorist is currently being interrogated and matter is under investigation.

Kafr Ashraf elementary school has forced both Coptic Christen and Muslim students to wear the veil. One of the students told Copts United that she was forced to wear the veil though she doesn’t want to.

A delegation of members of the US Congress have visited Egypt for 3 days and met with a number of Egyptian officials and inspected a number of projects supported by United States Agency for international development.

The Egyptian engineer Hany Azer, member of the presidential Advisory Council of the Egyptian President, said that Egyptian economy is developing fast, and good is to come. Yet, the Egyptian young people have to wait and have patience.

The Cardinal Leonard Sandri, Special envoy of Pope Francis, inaugurated Moses’ shrine church on Mount Nebo in Amman last Sunday.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, is going to deliver his weekly speech tomorrow at the Great Cathedral of St. Mark in Alexandria.

Yasser Al Borhamy, vice president of the Salafist call, attacked Dr. Jaber Nassar, president of Cairo University, after he removed religion from the university paper work.

Nasria elementary school in Zagazig imposed a veil within the school uniform. Human rights activists denounced imposing this religious uniform in the school uniform.

Abba Suriel, Bishop of the Coptic Orthodox Church in Melbourne, Australia, called the Egyptians abroad to support the economy of their country by buying Investment Certificates in Egyptian banks.

The new mayor of the city of Brighton visited the church of St. Mary and St. Abraam in the city at the end of the Sunday Mass.

Adel Aguib, head of the America Coptic association, said he is organizing the first trip to visit Egypt in Christmas.