Pope Tawadros presides over the Holy Synod meetings in the fourth seminar entitled "Coptic identity" at St. Bishoy monastery in the Papal residence in Wadi Natrun.

Bayadeya village celebrated the feast of St. George by holding carnival in the streets. Deacons have chanted for the feast and one of them dressed as the saint riding a horse and holding a sword.

Members of the Family House in Minya intervened to resolve sectarian strife between Muslim and Christian students in Saft Laban village, and convinced them to accept reconciliation. Several Coptic students were injured in the sectarian clashes in the village.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, is leading a campaign to renew the religion discourse in the church.

In his interview with Copts United, Mr. William Frei, Former Minister in charge of the Relationship with European Parliament at the Swiss Mission in Brussels talked about his unofficial visit to Egypt. He said that his relationship with Egypt started many years ago when he studied in St. Maurice, a small city located in the canton of Valais in Switzerland carrying the name of an Egyptian saint.

British Embassy mourned on Saturday Egyptian actor Mahmoud Abdel Aziz who departed today at the age of 70 years, after a long struggle with illness.

Churches in Deshna Diocese are hold prayers today for peace and stability in Egypt. Father Tadros Anton, a spokesman for the Diocese, said that the prayers are organized out of patriotism of Copts.

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.