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.

Yehia Rashed, Egypt s Minister of Tourism, said that he will visit Pope Francis on Tuesday to adopt the path of the Holy Family in Egypt as a pilgrimage trip. He explained that this visit is very important to revitalize tourism in Egypt.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, received a delegation of monks from Tizier, southern France. The delegation consisted of Brother Alois the Prior of Taize, brother Luc, brother Jean Jacques. During the meeting, the delegation introduced to His Holiness the monastic system of this group and its history.

Abba Samuel, Bishop of Tamoah, ordained tow new priests for the ministry in the diocese. The new priests are Father Lucas Samir and Father Samaan Abdu. The ordination ceremony was attended by Abba Lucas, Bishop of Abnub and Fateh. The two new priests went to the monastery of St. Mina in Abnob to spend 40 days perior of spiritual retreat according to the Coptic rituals.

The Church celebrates the anniversary of the first Bishop of Education Coptic Orthodox Church has commemorated the ordination of Pope Shenouda III as the first bishop of education in the Coptic Orthodox Church.

Abba Kyrillos, head of St. Mina Monastery in the desert of Mariout in Alexandria, ordained three new monkss, namely Father Besentaous, Father Longinous and Father Erinaous of St. Mina monastery. 8 other monks were promoted to the rank of priests and two were promoted to the rank of Hegumain.

Abba Moussa, Bishop of Youth, praised marriage and procreation, pointing out that having children is a holy and blessed goal, and is one of the most important fruits of marriage. He added that the reluctance of young American and European reproduction, against the plan of God and caused several problems to them including having poor health.

A Muslim woman has presented a Marble plate as present to St. George monastery for healing her mother. St. George was a Roman soldier of Greek origin and officer in the Guard of Roman emperor Diocletian, who was sentenced to death for failing to recant his Christian faith. As a Christian martyr, he later became one of the most venerated saints in Christianity and in particular the Crusades.

The General Committee of Ecclesiastical Education at Shubra Al-Khaymah diocese held the annual celebration of Shobra al-Khaymah diocese, which was attended by 1450 servants. 450 ministers were graduated at the celebration after they provided a graduation project. The ceremony was attended by about 1000 graduates and maid.

Catholic Church has submitted its papers to the Ministerial Committee formed by the Council of Ministers to legalize the conditions of unlicensed churches. The Property documents of Catholic churches around Egypt were presented to the committee according the new law of building houses of worship.

Egyptian Fatwa House is organizing an international conference from October 17-19 on the Fatwa and its role in the stability of societies. The conference will be attended by representatives of 50 countries from all over the world.

Dr. Abdullah Al-Najjar, a member of the Islamic Research Council, said that Kiosks of Fatwas are not agianst Copts, but rather they benifit them. He added that the Kiosks spread moderate ideology and dont incite agaisnt the Copts, but rather call for citizenship and values of co-existence.

Sources in chruch denied rumors about transfering Abba Makarious, General Bishop of Minya, to the Diocese of Milan, Italy. Sources added that it is more likely to nominate a monk from the monasteries of Wadil Natroun to that office.

Coptic Orthodox Chruch started a training course to prepare youth for working through giving them language and computer courses. Sources added that the training courses are followed by a recruitment forum with the participation of a number of private companies to help the Coptic youth to find good jobs and to face the problem of unemployement.

Father Poulos Sorour, representative of the Coptic Church in the Parliament called the State to correct false religious concepts of reproduction for the benifit of the homeland. He added that the Coptic Chruch has strated calling for birth control many years ago, as Christianity calls to birth control and taking care of quality of the children rather than the numbers.

Milan Coptic Bishopric has obtained a permit to transfer the body of the late Bishop Cyrilus to a special shrine that was prepared for him. The 40th day memorial service of His departure was held at the headquarters of Milan diocese and another memorial service was held by his bother His Holiness Abba Boutros, Bishop of Shebin El Qanater.

Abba Youssef, Patriarch of the Catholic Romans, said that Father Rafiq Gereish has resigned from being in charge of Patriarchal Property in Egypt. For his Part, Father Rafiq Gereish announced he will continue as spokesman for the Catholic Church and will continue practicing his priesthood service.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, received the Finnish Foreign Minister at the papal headquarters of the Cathedral of St. Mark in Abbasiya. Mr. Becca Metsu, Ambassador of the Finnish Foreign Ministry for Interfaith Dialogue, is currently visiting Egypt and visited the Pope as part of the visit program.

The Salzian priest, Father Tom Ozonalil, returned to his home 18 months after he was abducted by unidentified militias in Yemen. The priest told Pope Francis that he offers his pain for the church and he only wanted to pray the Holy Mass every single day.