Abba Bakhoumios, Bishop of Behira and former acting Patriarch, inaugurated the church of St. Mary and St. Philopatir, in Borg Arab with Abba Bavly, the garner bishop.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, laid the foundation stone of the Elderly House in Melbourne. The Elderly House belongs to the diocese of Melboune and will be named after the late priest Father Mina Rezkalla. The Popes visit to the Melbourne Diocese began last Tuesday as part of his current pastoral care visit to Australia.

Copts of Melbourne gathered in the city to receive Pope Tawadros upon his arrival to the Diocese of Melbourne. Pope was received in the airport by Abba Suriel, bishop of Melbourne. It is decided that Pope will meet with the people in the first meeting with the Coptic congregation of Melbourne since his inauguration in November 2012.

Hilmi Al-Noman, Minister of Culture, opened the second book fair, held by the Egyptian General Book Organization under the chairmanship at the Cathedral of St. Mark in Abbassia. Bishop Jeremiah, head of the Coptic Orthodox Cultural Center, honored the minister by giving him the shield of the Coptic Cultural Center.

During his pastoral care visit to Australia, Pope Tawadros II visited the monastery of St Shenouda in Sydney. Pope was received by Abba Daniel, head of the monastery and the monks. Pope has arrived in Australia after his visit to Japan where he inaugurated the first Coptic Church in the country.

Abba Abram, Bishop of Fayyoum, issued a statement to reveal the reason for his long retreat in the monastery saying that he longs to staying at the monastery as a monk and dedicate his time for prayers and worship. He explained that he wants to spend his time in this spiritual retreat till the end of his life and there is no other reason for his demand.

Pope Tawadros II returned to Cairo on Friday after attending the funeral of Metropolitan of Milan in Italy. The Coptic Orthodox Metropolitan of Milan, Anba Kyrillos, passed away on Monday 14 August, at age 65. He died peacefully in his sleep; he was late getting up in the morning, which worried those in the house. They finally decided to go wake him up, but found he had died in his sleep.

Pope Tawadors II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, mourned the Egyptian politician Mohammed Refaat El-Saeed, former chairperson of the National Progressive Unionist Party (Tagammu), who has passed away on Thursday at the age of 84 at his home in Cairo. Coptic church said in a statement that El-Saeed has played a prominent role in the political life in Egypt and has always supported equality and unity of the homeland.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, bid farewell to Abba Kyrilous, Coptic Bishop of Milan, who died last Monday. Pope led the service today at the monastery of St. Shenouda in Milan after the congregation bid the late bishop farewell yesterday.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, received today Shiekha Freha Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, sister of prince of Kuwait in the Papal residence in Cairo. Pope had met with her during his previous visit to Kuwait last April.

The monastery of St. Mary in Baramos warned against several fake Facebook accounts that use photos of monks of the monastery. It added in a statement that such fake accounts use photos of priests and monks, but they don’t belong to any of them.

Abba Fam, Bishop of Tama, ordained two new priests to the ministry in the diocese. The new priests are Father Sharobim Refaat and Father Saraphim Markos.

Abba Domadious, Bishop of 6 October diocese, ordained two new priests for the ministry in the diocese. Father Arsanious Adly was ordained at the church of St. Mary and St. Samuel in Sheikh Zayed, October 6 city, and Father Maksimous Wadie, was named the priest of St. Mary and St. Mark church in October 6 city.

Social media activists shared a video of of Dr. Mohamed Othman al-Khasht, the new president of Cairo University, in which he describes Christianity and Judaism are religions that support terrorism. He added that the old testament ordered to kill children, women and the elderly as well as animals and plants. He commented saying that Islam never calls to kill!

Abba Zocima, bishop of Atfih, ordained 6 new priests to minister in the diocese. The new priests are Fathers Domadious Nasim, Philpater Fanous, Potros Girgis, Plamoun Soleiman, Sarabamoun Fawzy and Poulos Mahrous. The new priests headed to the monastery of St. Antonoy in the Red Sea where they were welcomed by Bishop Yostos, head of the monastery, to spend 40 days of spiritual retreat according to the Coptic rituals.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, held a video conference meeting with ministers of the Gulf countries. The meeting was held at the Logos center at the papal residence in St. Bishoy monastery, Wadil Natroun.

Coptic Orthodox Church holds a conference of faith entitled Dogma 6 for priests and ministers on August 6th. The conference is held at the Coptic Orthodox Cultural Center under the auspices of Abba Moussa, Bishop of Youth, and Bishop Jeremiah, the General bishop.

Abba Makarios, Bishop of Minya, celebrated the holy mass with 170 people on Sunday at a very small chapel. The chapel is only 32 meters and has two priests and serves dozens of Christian families.

3 Muslim young people were arrested at St. Maximus and Domadius church in Alexandria after ministers doubted they are not Christians. Police were reported about them and the matter is currently under investigation.

The monastery of St. Mary in Muharraq has canceled its annual celebrations due to security reasons. The monastery said it will not be able to receive guests following instructions of the police.