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.

Pope Tawadros II is going to participate in the celebration of the 500th anniversary of the Evangelical Church in Germany on Evangelical Reform by Martin Luther. Pope is also attending the meeting of heads of churches of the Middle East to discuss problems of Christians in the region.

Funeral of Tamav Mariam, head of the Monastery of the Virgin in Neubria, was held today at her monastery. The funeral was attended by His Eminence Bishop Mataus, head of the Syrian Monastery, Abba Thomas of Bishop of Qusiya, Anba Justus, Head of St. Anthony s Monastery in the Red Sea, Abba Raphael, Secretary of the Holy Synod, Bishop Cyrilos head of St. Mina monastery, Bishop Theodosius, Bishop of Giza, Abba Isak the General Bishop and Abba Isaac, General Bishop of Fayoum, and a large group of priests and monks.

Egyptian Foreign Affairs praised the Fatwa Conference about the role of the Fatwa in the Stability of Communities assuring its contribution to counter terrorism. The conference will be held from October 17 to 19th in Cairo.

Abba Armia, member of the Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church, announced the death of Mother Mary, head of Monastery of Sisters in Zewaila and Nubaria. He sent a message of condolences to nuns of the monastery and her family.

Patriarch Ibrahim Isaac Sidrak, the head of the Coptic Catholic Church, said during his visit to Rome, that the Christian community in Egypt is targeted among fears of increase of the attack against them. He said after recent Islamic extremist attacks on Christian institutions, the Egyptian government stepped up security efforts to protect the minority population, but such efforts are not helping with the continued hate speech against Christians.

Dostrour Egyptian newspaper said that Coptic bishops headed by Abba Bishoy, Metropolitan of Damietta, have refused Jesus hates religion movement and accused it of attacking the Coptic Orthodox doctrine. The movement follows ideology of Alex Himaya who wrote a book in that title for those who have been hurt by religious people and attacks many biblical Christian believes according to Coptic Bishops.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, traveled to Germany today to give a lecture in the German Church, in the presence of Patriarchs of the East. Afterwards, Pope Tawadros will pay a pastoral care visit to the Coptic churches in Germany. During the visit, Pope will inaugurate the Coptic Church in Dusseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia.

The branches of the Egyptian family house held a meeting on Tuesday at the headquarters of the Coptic Orthodox Cultural Center in Abbasiyah. The meeting discussed an evaluation for the work during the last few month and discussed the future work plan.

Coptic Orthodox Church announced a new competition for Coptic melodies in the Church of North, South Carolina and French Kentucky, in France. The competition is held in the presence of St. Peter, Bishop of the Diocese at St. Mary Church in Barley.

Dr. Rev. Andrea Zaki, head of the Evangelical community in Egypt, participates today with Dr. Mohammed Mukhtar Juma, Minister of Awqaf, Helmy Namnam, Minister of Culture, and Islam Badawi, Governor of Minya, in a meeting on community cohesion. The meeting is held in Minya University with the patriation of 1000 university students.

Father Hany Pachom, deputy of the Catholic church in Egypt, said that the church is waiting an official statement concerning the activating the path of the Holy Family in Egypt. He explained that the ministry of tourism adopted 8 places around Egypt that were visited by the Holy Family out of 24 main places.

Egyptian Foreign Ministry announced in statement today that it arranges with the Coptic Church to transfer bodies of the 21 martyrs in Libya. The bodies of the martyrs were found this week after they were slain in Libya in 2015 and a horrifying video of their murder was published by ISIS.

Abba Poktor, Bishop of the New Valley governorate, attended the celebrations of the governorate National Day.

Coptic Orthodox Church issued a statement to assure that Cyrilus Shafiq Fawzi Labib who claim to be a monk at Maharq monastery is not one of the Coptic monks and is not entitled to collect donations in the name of the church.

The Eastern churches of Australia including the Orthodox and Catholic communities and Australias Christian Alliance have declared their rejection of the Gay Marriage. The leaders of all participating churches confirmed their refusal to approve the gay marriage law in the governments referendum for violating human nature according to the Bible. More than 10 thousand Christians came from all the churches of the state to attend the festival, raising banners that rejected the law.

Rev. Tharwat Qadis, Chairman of the Council for Dialogue and Ecumenical Relations of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Egypt, said that they prepare for an international conference on renewal of religious discourse in Christianity and Islam. He pointed out that the conference will be attended by a large number of Egyptian Muslim and Christian clergy and senior officials.

The Coptic Evangelical Organization for Social Services is holding a seminar on pluralism attended by the Minister of Awqaf and the Minister of Culture and the head of the Evangelical community. the seminar will be held in cooperation with Minia University next Monday under the title: Towards achieving societal cohesion, instilling the values of pluralism and belief in diversity.

Abba Suriel, Bishop of Melbourne, said that the story of the first Coptic convent for nuns in Australia began in 1996, when a Coptic girl from Australia longed for the monastic order, but found no Coptic monasteries in Australia. She returned to Egypt and joined the monastery of Saint Demiana and another girl followed her in 2002. He added that Pope Tawadros returned them back in Australia in 2015 to found the first Coptic convent for nuns which was named Archangel Michael convent for nuns, which is located on an area of 18 acres.