A Coptic woman called Mary Jamil survived slay attempt in Warraq, Cairo, after a fanatic called Mamdouh has dragged her in the street and attacked her with white weapon.

Hozan Merza, a Saudi lecturer at King Abdulaziz University started an initiative in Saudi Arabia to encourage men to get married to four women. Men who get married to 3 women will be granted the fourth for free.

A number of displaced Coptic families have returned to their homes in Arish after the city restored its safety, said Bishop of North Sinai.

At the celebration of the forty days anniversary of the martyrs of St. Samuel monastery terrorist attack, women were expected to put on black garments to express their grief according to the middle eastern traditions. However, families of the martyrs decided to put on white garments instead of the black in order to express their happiness for the martyrs who departed to stay with Christ.

Abba Pfnotious, Bishop of Samalut, ordained 36 new deacons of the church of St. Cyril in Samida village. The ordination was held at Samalout diocese’ headquarter.

Representatives from Christian denominations visited Lebanon for three days from July 24 to 26 to participate in a joint prayer.

Abba Attallah Hanna, Archbishop of Sebastia of the Greek Orthodox, headed a delegation to congratulate Muslims on Eid al-Fetr.

Military funeral was held today for the Coptic soldier Wassim Mofied who was killed in terrorist attack on an armored vehicle of the armed forces in Sinai. The funeral was held at the church of St. Mary in Dir Mawas.

Firefighters extinguished huge fire at the Coptic diocese in Samallout. The fire was resulted from a gas cooker explosion because of the high temperature. No injuries were reported in the accident.

Pope Tawadros II is holding a meeting with families of ministers of the Gulf countries who are staying in Egypt on July 31. The meeting will be held at the great Cathedral f St. Mark from 11 am to 1 pm.

Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, said at a joint press conference in Budapest following talks with Egypt’s president Abdul Fattah al-Sisi, that stability of Egypt supports stability in Europe. He added that Egypt could have been in the Syrian shoes without president Abdul Fattah al-Sisi.

Abba Agathon, Bishop of Moghagha and Adwa, said he is preparing a book to confront the heresy of homosexuals’ marriage. This came after 20 countries legalized this marriage through its parliaments, which contradicts with Christian faith according to the bishop. He added that the new book will be translated into several languages.

Lawyer Hussein Hassan filed a lawsuit against Abba Markus, Bishop of Shoubra al-Khaymah, accusing him of contempt of Islam. The bishop had said in television interview that those who don’t believe in Christ are infidels according to Christian faith.

Sources in the Coptic Church said that Pope Tawadros II is going to participate in the 40th day anniversary of the martyrs of St. Samuel monastery on Sunday and Monday.

3 new monks were ordained today at the monastery of Abba Moussa the black in Almain in the presence of Bishop Markus, Bishop Matawes, Bishop Dawood, and Bishop Abephanios.

Iraqi forces seized al-Nuri Mosque, where ISIS was declared by Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi three years ago. Haidar al-Abbadi, the Iraqi prime minister, announced the end of the terrorist organization after the takeover of al-Nuri mosque in Mosul. He stressed that they will pursue the terrorist organization until the last element in Iraq.

Abba Makarious, bishop of Minya, dedicated the meeting held today to pray for the increasing prices. The second round of fuel price increase would make Egyptians struggle even more in attempts to cope with the new price hikes.

The killing of the canonical painter Michael Labib was a shock to all people who knew him as they assured he was a decent man who had troubles with nobody Investigations showed that he was not tortured before his slaughter which means this was not a criminal act.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, and Abba Makarious, bishop of Minya, perfumed today the remains of St. Moses the Black at St. Mary monastery in Paramous. The feast of St. Moses will be celebrated on next Saturday.

Chaldean Church announced it will not participate in the Brussels Conference of Iraqi Christians that discusses the future of the Christians in Iraq. Luis Rafael Sacco, Patriarch of the Chaldean Church, added that Iraqi Christians are part of Iraq and helping them is related to offer help to Iraq in facing terrorism and building the country and its security.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, held meeting on Sunday with members of the clerical councils in Cairo and its sub-offices.