Al-Fadi Center in Beni Mazar Center is honoring 17 Coptic children whose fathers were martyred in the terrorist attack against bus heading to St. Samuel monastery in Minya a month ago. 29 people were killed after unidentified gunmen opened fire on a bus carrying Coptic Christians.

Abba Elija, Coptic bishop of Khartoum, is currently in a pasotarl care visit to England where he celebrated the holy mass at the church of St. Mary and ST. Abraam in Brighton and ordained a number of deacons. His Holiness arrived in London on Wednesday and celebrated the feast of St. Philopatir.

Abba Ologious, bishop and head of St. Shenouda Monastery in Suhag ordaind three new priests among the monks of the monastery. The new monks are Father Shenouda, Father Ayoub and Father Tadaws of St. Shenouda.

A number of young Copts in the village of Manshaat Manbal, Matay, Minya, have organized a banquet for Muslims in several villages on the occasion of the holy month of Ramadan.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, received Ivan Sorcos, EU Ambassador to Egypt. The meeting was held at the Great Cathedral of St. Mark in Abbassia according to statement of the spokesperson of the Coptic Orthodox Church.

Firefighters in Daqahliya extinguished on Wednesday a fire broke out inside the new building of St. Demiana Monastery in the region of Prairie Belqas. The fire broke out in the building dedicated to the residence of the nuns. Police were reported and the matter is currently under investigation. It’s worth mentioning that this is the third fire erupted in the monastery in 6 months.

Dr. Mohammed Mokhtar Juma, Minister of Awqaf, said that Islam is the art of making life, not the industry of death.

Halim Mikhail, Coptic merchant, used to hold daily banquets for Muslims during the holy month of Ramadan each year.

Sheikh Sameh Abdul Hamid, Islamic preacher, called the Egyptian House of Representatives to enact a law to punish those who dare to insult the Prophet on Social networking sites like Facebook assuring this is the rule of Islamic Sharia concerning those who insult the Prophet Mohamed.

British Foreign Office announced it has awarded 47 million pounds to Amr Khaled, the Islamic preacher. According to Sky Press, this amount of money came to support the organization of Khaled who have connections to external agendas with Britain.

Egyptian Presdient Abdul Fattah al-Sisi said that terrorism will not be able to destroy the Egyptian national unity, and assured that Egypt is determined to counter terrorism by all means. This came during his meeting with Coptic bishop of Germany Abba Demian during his visit to Berlin. Al-Sisi assured that the government is working hard to support equal citizenship and tolerance. For his part, Bishop Damian said that the Coptic church in Germany is trying to convey the true picture of the situation in Egypt and correct the wrong ideas about it in Germany.

Once again in Ezbet al-Nakhl, Eastern Cairo, police were reported that unknown man had attack Coptic girls in Cairo after they left the church and used a chemical liquid that may be a chlorine spray. Several Christian girls have been attacked the same way and called police to react before the attacks become more dangerous.

A Coptic Christian girl was attacked and injured by two extremists, man and woman, who attacked her to punish her for wearing what they considered indecent clothes during the holy month of Ramadan. The girl was moved to hospital for treatment, and police were reported and the matter is currently under investigation.

Father Raphael, priest of ST. Mary church in Dekernes, Dakahlia, attended prayers held at the new mosque in Ezbet Basha.

Abba Raphael, secretary of the Holy Synod, called on the Copts to dedicate the fast of the apostles for the peace of the Church and the world. He added that we should pray for the rulers of the country that God may support them in their war against terrorism.

American embassy in Cairo renewed its warnings of terrorist attacks targeting Christian religious sites. It called American citizens in Egypt to be careful and avoid visiting religious sites outside Cairo.

After celebrating the Pentecost feast, Coptic church has started fasting the Apostles Fast. The Apostles Fast, also called the Fast of the Holy Apostles, the Fast of Peter and Paul, or sometimes St. Peters Fast, is a fast observed by Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Christians.

Abba Makarious, Bishop of Minya, headed a delegation to visit Maj. General. Mamdouh Abdul Monsef, new director of security in Minya who recently took office.

As the Coptic church in Egypt was celebrating the Pentecost, St. Mary church in Salam had extra reason to celebrate as a new deacon was ordained. Wissa Moried who was named Deacon Michael was ordained for the ministry in the church..

Maghagha Bishopric postponed the ordination of a number of new priests due to the recent terrorist attacks in which 10 of the congregation were killed in addition to many martyrs from other dioceses. Abba Aghathon, Bishop of Maghagha and Adwa said that the ordination was scheduled on May 5th.

The Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church decided to celebrate the day of Coptic martyrs on February 15th. Sources in the Coptic church said that ISIS has slain 21 Coptic martyrs in Libya after they were brutally tortured.