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.

New smbassador of France to Egypt has visited Pope Tawadros II in Egypt as he took his new office. The meeting was held at the Papal residence and attended by secretary of the Pope.

Pope Tawadros II, has ordered that 5% of jobs in the churches be dedicated for the disabled. The decision also applies to the projects run by the church like factories, hospitals and other projects. Youth Bishopric had launched an initiative to train and offer jobs for the disabled.

Abba Pfnotious, Bishop of Samalout, ordained 36 new deacons from the church of St. Mary in Galaa village. The new deacons were ordained at the rank of Oghnostous (Reader) and the ordination was performed at the Diocese of Samalout.

Coptic Church issued a statment to mourns the martyrs of the armed forces who were killed in a terorist attack on Friday.

Five monks were ordained in Abba Pachomious monastery in Aswan by Abba Yoakim, general bishop of Esna.

In a new broadcast, ISIS terrorist group published a new video to threaten the Copts in Egypt and invite its supporters to attack them. The new broadcast used old footages from previous attacks against the Copts.

Mansour Mohannady, Qatari opposition member, accused the Qatari government of being responsible for several terrorist attacks in Egypt, including the very recent one against Copts in Minya.

Father Mina Ibrahim, the Coptic Orthodox Priest in Melbourne, Australia, departed today after 43 years of priesthood ministry. He was ordained by Pope Shenouda III on August 22, 1974.

A Coptic woman called Nadra Jaber was slain in her house at Ezbet al-Nakhl area in Cairo. Her hair was cut after she was killed and the Christian icons in her house were torn apart which may indicate that she was called for her faith. Police were reported and the matter is currently under ingestion, but her family complains police are not interested in the case and no serious investigation was opened.

At the anniversary of 28 Coptic martyrs of St. Samuel monastery in Minya, Abba Agathon, Bishop of Maghagha and Adwa, said that our martyrs witnessed to their faith till the last moments and gave a lesson to the terrorists that they have strong and vivid faith.

Abba Aghathos, Bishop of Maghagha and Adwa ordained 9 new priests for the ministry in the dioceses. The new priests are Father Tobia Fayes, Father Ghobrial Farahat, Father Isaac Gamal, Father Moussa Isaac, Father Eshiaa Amir, Father Bemen Magdy, Father Hedra Boshra, Father Tadrous Said and Father Youacim Aziz.

Abba Julius, Bishop of Ancient Egypt Churches, said that the love of the Lord is not only expressed by fasting and prayers, but through loving him by all ones heart and strength as well as by loving our neighbors. He also praised the role of the National Council for Women in serving the homeland and promoting the history of Egypt and its civilization.

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.