In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, One God Amen. May His grace and blessings be bestowed upon us, from now and forever, Amen. May you remain healthy this year of 2017 and every year, and during the Glorious feast of the Nativity on January 7th, according to the eastern calendar, which is Kiahk 29th, according to the Coptic calendar. In fact, as we celebrate the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ, we continue to remember our sons and daughters the martyrs who recently offered their lives in the events of St. Peter's Church. Our Lord Jesus Christ has granted them to celebrate this feast and this year with Him in heaven.We remember them with all goodness. We pray for our wounded and injured ones that Christ may complete their healing and restore their health so that they may join us soon.

Abba Bavly, general Bishop in Alexandria, said during the funeral of Youssef Lamie, Coptic merchant who was killed in Alexandria, that he was killed for being Christian. He added that we forgive the person who committed the crime, but this doesn’t mean that he will not be punished for his crime as the state and law should avenge his blood.

Coptic hospital in Alexandria reported police against St. Mary Church in Moharam Bai for fixing a new door. It’s worth mentioning that changing the door was following restrictions of police in order to secure the church during Christmas celebrations.

Opera of Alexandria organizes a memorial service to martyrs of St. Peter church on December 30th. The ceremony is attended by David’s Heart choir that cares about the revival of traditional hymns of the Coptic Church.

Islam Buheiry, Islamic scholar, said that curricula of Al-Azhar supports terrorism including books of Ibn Taymiyyah the theologian and logician who said that Muslims shouldn’t be punished for killing a Christian man.

Father of Marina Adel, Coptic minor girl, received a phone call from a man with a Syrian accent, in which he assured that the girl is abducted and moved to Syria. The man demanded 5000 $ from the father in order to return his daughter who is still a virgin according to the man.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, is going to celebrate the Day of the Holy Bible on November 30 at St. Mark Cathedral in Alexandria.

Maj. Gen. Mustafa Mokber, director od security in Suhag said that police have arrested 14 defendants in Sohag sectarian attacks and are currently under investigation assuring that the situation is under control. Ayman Abdul Moneim, governor of Suhag, said that Egyptians are equal before the law and that a customary reconciliation session was held to reconcile Muslims and Christians, but the assailants will be punished according to the law.

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St. Mina Monastery started building a church on the name of martyrs of the Saints’ church in Alexandria. 20 Copts were killed in a terrorist bombing on Christmas eve in 2011 and were buried in St. Mina Monastery in Mariout.

Bishop of Port Said participated in the ordination of a new monk at the monastery of St. Shenouda in Australia.

The First international art exhibition of Orthodox icon is currently held in Athens.

Coptic Orthodox Church participated in the Second International Peace Conference held in Seoul, capital of South Korea.

St. Mark Church in Belgium received parts of the remains of the martyrs of the Saints Church in Alexandria. The Church has prepared a cabin to put the remains inside. The 2011 Alexandria bombing was an attack on Coptic Christians in Alexandria, Egypt, on Saturday, 1 January 2011. Twenty three people died as a result of the attack, which occurred as Christian worshipers were leaving a new year service. Some 97 more were injured. The attack was the deadliest act of violence against Egypt's Coptic Christians in a decade, since the Kosheh massacre in 2000 left 20 Copts dead.

Abba Besada, Bishop of Akhmim and Sakolta, ordained 55 deacons graduates from the Faculty of Theological Studies in Akhmim.

Sentenced to prison in Egypt for allegedly insulting Islam in a video, four Coptic teenagers who had taken refuge in Turkey for months on Thursday (Sept. 1) flew to Switzerland to seek asylum.

A Coptic woman called Nada Fathy, 26 years old, disappears in mysterious circumstances in Alexandria on July 30.

A customary reconciliation session was held between Coptic and Muslim families in Esna city, Luxor, in the presence of MP Abdul Razik Zalat and several families in the city.

Maghagha Diocese denies rumors about a priest's wife who decided to convert to Islam.

In his article in Keraza magazine, Pope Tawadros II, said that he prays for the new law of building churches and hopes it will solve the problem of building churches in Egypt.

The first ordination of monks was held on Satuday in St. Shenouda the Archimandrite in Sydney in the presence of Bishop Daniel, head of the monastery, Anba Suriel, Bishop of Melbourne and Abba Danieal, bishop of Sydney, Bishop Justus, head of St. Anthony monastery in the Red Sea and Abba Beeman, Bishop of Nakada.