Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, received Ambassador Hazem Khairat, Ambassador of Egypt to Israel to discuss the issue of the Monastery of the Sultan. Coptic Orthodox Church had announced previously that it is negotiating the restoration of the Monastery of the Sultan in Jerusalem from the Ethiopian church after a delegation of Coptic bishops had traveled to Jerusalem to discuss the matter.

In his interview with DMC channel, Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, said that Egypt has 50 Coptic monasteries including 10 for nuns and 40 for monks. He explained that many Egyptians prefer to visit these monasteries, which made the decision to prevent religious trips even harder.

A young terrorist called Eid Hussein said he was part of a terrorist cell that was trained to make bombs and received support from Qatar and Turkey to carry out terrorist attack. He added that the cell has carried out all explosions and terrorist attack against churches recently.

Council of Churches of Egypt decided to celebrate its anniversary on September 20 at the Cathedral of all Saints in Zamalek. The celebration will be held with the participation of representatives of the Churches of Egypt: Pope Tawadros II, Dr. Rev. Andrea Zaki, Abb Ibrahim Isaac and Bishop Monir Hanna and Metropolitan Nicola.

Dr. Naguib Gebrael, human rights activist, filed a complaint to the ministry of Awqaf about a mosque that prevents non-veiled and trousers wearing girls from taking school lessons at the center attached to the mosque. The girls complained that they are taking a secondary school private lessons and not religious lessons and the Imam has no right to prevent us from entering the center for this reason.

News reports published in Egyptian media said that Copts celebrate the Feast of St. Mary by eating special meals for the occasion, namely: unleavened bread and Shalawlaw that are distributed for free in many places. The Shalawlaw is made from dried Molokhia that is mixed with garlic, lemons and special spices, and is eaten with bread.

After violence erupted again in Nigeria with a terrorist attack against a Catholic church, Pope Francis called Christens to pray for their brothers and sisters in Nigeria. Pope prayed for peace in Africa and around the world that these shameful crimes against houses of worship will stop.

Two monastery applicants were accepted at St. Pachomious monastery al-Shayeb in Luxor. Abba Selwanes, Bishop of the monastery, accepted the new applicants and gave them the blue uniform that observers wear till they are ordained monks.

Egypt minster of investment announced a new project to build a tourism city in the style of Disneyland at a cost of $ 2.5 billion. The new project will be in the golden square in west Cairo and will provide many new job opportunities.

Sheikh Ahemd Koraima, Professor of Islamic Sharia at Al-Azhar University, said that statues display in exhibitions is forbidden by Islamic law. He added that Islamic scholars agreed and ordered that the hand of tomb thieves and archaeologists should be cut because they violate the sanctity of the dead.

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.