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.

News report published at Bawaba Coptic said that the Coptic Orthodox Church aims to build churches in 100 countries that have no Coptic Churches yet by the year 2040. Report added that the Coptic Orthodox Church already has churches in about 60 countries around the world.

Coptic Church in the Sudan announced it will discuss the new decisions of the government in the Sudan concerning changing the days of vacation from Sunday to Saturday. The new decision of President Omar al-Bashir will force the school of the church to work on Sundays.

The first Archbishop and Primate of the newly created Province of the Episcopal Church of Sudan has taken office on Sunday. Ezekiel Kumir Kondo is a Sudanese Episcopalian bishop. He has been the first Archbishop of the Internal Province of Sudan in the Province of the Episcopal Church of South Sudan and Sudan, since his enthronement on 28 July 2014.

Coptic Orthodox Church announced that the annual festival of St. Mary at Jabal Dronka, Assiut, will be held from August 7 to 21 under tight security measures. Street vendors and private cars are not allowed to enter the monastery that will provide buses to transfer the old people to the monastery.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, held a video conference meeting with youth and servants of St. Abanoub and Saint Anthony Church in New York. During the meeting, Pope delivered a sermon entitled (what do I need for my road?)

Coptic Orthodox Church starts the Fasting of Saint Mary on August 7 according to the Coptic rituals. The fast lasts for 15 days during which Copts are allowed to eat vegetarian food as well as fish. Yet, many celebration and spiritual festivals are held in Coptic churches and monasteries on that occasion.

The Coptic Orthodox Church announced a workshop on women in Coptic art by Dr. Engi Hanna. The workshop discusses the following main lines: Coptic Stereotypic Woman: This is how she looked, Coptic Stereotypic Woman: From her fathers house to her husbands house, Female Ascetics: A Model of Womens Piety, Female Artists: A Minority Influence on Daily Life.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, celebrated the holy mass on Sunday at 57357 hospital for children treatment of cancer. The hospital has dedicated a room as a church for children to celebrate the holy mass.

Muharraq monastery announced it will produce a documentary about the life of Abba Sawiris, former bishop of the monastery. The documentary about the bishop who was best known for his humanitarian acts will be overseen by Pope Twadros and Abba Gabriel Bishop of Beni Suef.

HG Abba Soriel, Bishop of Melbourne, is holding a press conference on Thursday after the opening of the largest Coptic mosaics plate at the entrance of the Tower of Abuaru, which will be officially inaugurated by His Holiness Pope Twadros II on September 10th. The plate is 15 meters high by 2.5 meters width and describes the history of the Copts for 2000 years, and was made by the artist Ashraf Girgis for two years.

Christians in the Church of the Nativity in Jerusalem demonstrated against the Israeli violations at al-Aqsa mosque. The demonstration was led by the priest of the church of the Greek Orthodox.

The prosecutor summoned Father Makari Younan who was charged with contempt of Islam. The hearing lasted for 6 hours after Makari was charged with spreading haltered and inciting sedition as well as causing harm to the national unity of Egypt.

An Islamic preacher was arrested on charges of raping a girl in Mansoura after he claimed he can treat her with verses of the holy Quran. The man was arrested after her family reported the police and the matter is currently under investigation.

Emanuel Macron, French President, said that Paris supports the efforts of the Libyan government believing that the road map will achieve peace and national reconciliation. He added that all countries in the region should support Libya since the region will fail if Libya fails.

The United Nations warned today of a religious war because of the Aqsa mosque and the new procedures taken at al-Aqsa mosque. The UN delegate to the Middle East said the Israeli occupation has illegally increased on the Palestinian land.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, attended the funeral of Bishop Sawiris, head of Maharak monastery in Assiut. The funeral was held at St. Peter Church in Abbasia before his body was moved to be buried in his monastery.

Abba Makarious, Bishop of Minya, perfumed the relics of St. Tadros in his church in Minya. It is worth mentioning that St. Tadros church in Minya is one of the churches that were attacked after the dispersal of Rabaa Adawia and Nahda sit-ins.

Syriac Orthodox celebrated on Thursday the feast of St. Elias known as "Elijah the Prophet" Elijah was a prophet and a miracle worker who lived in the northern kingdom of Israel during the reign of Ahab (9th century BC), according to the Books of Kings in the Hebrew Bible. In 1 Kings 18, Elijah defended the worship of the Jewish God over that of the Canaanite deity Baal. God also performed many miracles through Elijah, including resurrection (raising the dead), bringing fire down from the sky, and entering Heaven alive "by a whirlwind".