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.

Police in Suhag have closed down a church in Hager Sakolta village after the extremists demonstrated against holding prayer inside it. Police said that the church is not licensed and has several violations in the construction.

Coptic church denounced the lack of appreciation of Israeli government as it refuses to allow the Coptic ministers to reconstruct the church of Dir Sultan that needed reconstruction work after a little brick had fallen from its roof. Egyptian diplomacy supported the right of Coptic Church in Dir Sultan monastery in Jerusalem and refused the start of this construction work without complete cooperation with the Coptic Orthodox Church.

Coptic Orthodox church concluded the first phase of "Heritage of Our Church" training project with the participation of 215 priests and ministers representing 12 dioceses. The first group included ministers from Aswan, Esna, Arment, Luxor, Balina, Dar el-Salaam, Gerga, Mallawi, Ansna, Ashmounin, Helwan, Maadi, Shoubra El Kheima, Banha and Quesna governorates.

Coptic Orthodox Church in Ethiopia organized a medical caravan headed by Dr. Kamal Ibrahim, professor of spinal surgery at the University of Loyola Chicago, USA, and a medical team of 14 doctors. Ambassador Abu Bakr Hefni Mahmoud, Egypt s ambassador to Ethiopia, said that the caravan treats many people, conduct the delicate spinal surgery of the Ethiopians, and also trains Ethiopian medical team to perform these surgeries.

Abba Daniel, Bishop of Maadi, consecrated a new church on the name of St. George in Cotsica, Cairo, after it was restored. Spokesman of the Coptic Orthodox Church said that many deacons were ordained during the celebration as well.

The media center of the Coptic Orthodox Church announced the church has started the second phase of 1000 ministers training on the Holy Bible and Theology has started. The statement added that the program includes five training workshops on the Holy Bible, the liturgy, the holy fathers, ecclesiastical history and the Coptic identity, and will receive trainees from all over Egypt.

Coptic Church issued a statement to denounce the terrorist attack against policemen in Wahat province. On Saturday, Egyptian Interior Ministry announced that 16 policemen were killed and another was missing in the Friday shootout with terrorists in Wahat area in the desert of Giza province near the capital Cairo.

Pope Twadros II participated in the opening session of ‘Christianity in the Middle East’ conference held in Berlin. The conference discusses problems of the Christian minority of the middle east and was attended by Patriarch Athanasius Ephrem II, Patriarch of Antioch and the rest of the East, the Catholicism of Kerakin II, the Armenian Catholics, and Mar Basilius Martuma Paulos II, the Orthodox Church Catholics.

Pope Francis called on world governments to make migration more secure choice and try hard to solve problems of hunger and also try to save the planet Earth by making better use of the valid resources. This came on the occasion of the celebration of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in Rome.

Father Poulos Halim, Spokesman of the Coptic Church condemned the terrorist attacks against a number of important installations in Arish, including a church and a bank. He assured that fighting terrorism comes with eliminating its resources.

Minya Criminal Court sentenced the murderer of the mother of the priest of the Baptist Church in Abu Qurqas to death penalty. The man was stealing some items and killed the old woman in order to avoid disgrace.

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.