Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Alexandria rang sad bell melodies in mourn for mosque attack to show its deep sympathy and solidarity with the victims. The Patriarchate had issued a statement to denounce the bloody attack and the terrorist who lost all humanity to target worshipers while performing their prayers.

The attack on the crowded al-Rawdah Mosque in the town of Bir al-Abed in Northern Sinai, which was launched during Friday Prayers, killed 305 and injured at least 128 others. Images of the dead and wounded, posted under the hashtag "Rawdah massacre," flooded Arabic social media since the attack. Egyptian officials called it the deadliest terrorist attack in Egypt s modern history, and some commentators have already called it "Egypt s 9/11." While Egypt, and particularly the Sinai Peninsula, has faced terror attacks by jihadist groups in the past – mainly against security forces and Coptic churches – this attack was different: for the first time, jihadists deliberately targeted Muslim civilians during prayer time in a mosque, killing men, women and children, and opening fire from outside the mosque on those who tried to flee the carnage taking place inside it.

Copts in Australia expressed their sorrow and grief after gay marriage was legalized in Australia. Results released Wednesday by the Australian Bureau of Statistics revealed 61% of the population voted to allow same-sex marriage, with 38% voting against.

The North Cairo Criminal Court decided on Wednesday to refer the documents of the Ahmed Saeed, who is accused of killing the Coptic priest, Samaan Shehta, to Egypt’s grand Mufti, seeking the Mufti’s approval to execute the defendant. The referral of Saeed’s documents to the grand Mufti indicates that the court’s judiciary approved of a death sentence. The court set the date to declare a final verdict to January 15 2018.

Abba Suriel, Bishop of Melbourne, held a meeting with the youth for the first time at the Tower of Eporo that was opened by Pope Tawadros last September. He delivered a sermon about how to listen to God s voice in our life before they had dinner together and took many photos.

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Bishop Suriel of Melbourne received the order of Saint Ignatios 2017 during the annual celebration of the Academy of St. Ignatius Theological in Stockholm, in the presence of many church leaders led by Bishop Abakir Bishop of the Scandinavian countries and Dr. Michael Hjalm, Dean of the Academy. In his speech, Bishop Suril talked about Archdeacon Habib Girgis and his achievements in the Coptic Orthodox Church during the twentieth century.

THE Bishop Angaelos, General Bishop of the United Kingdom, was named the new President of the International Bible Society that works in over 200 countries with a mission to bring the Bible to life for every man, woman and child. For his Part, Bishop Angelos said: I consider it an incredible honor to serve as President of the Bible Society, an institution that has historically served to share the message of hope through the word of God. This is a time in which Britain, and our world needs the hope that can only come from the inspired message of God in the Scriptures, and it is up to us to be a faithful conduit of this life-giving message.

Saint Ignatios foundation decided this week to award Bishop Suriel of Melbourne the Order of Saint Ignatios 2017. His Grace was born in Port Said, but moved at the age of four to Australia. Bishop Suriel was nominated for having built up St. Athanasius College in Melbourne during the last ten years, which is the first Coptic institution in the world that is accredited for university degrees. Already from the beginning, he chose an inter-orthodox line and invited other Orthodox churches to participate in constructing the institution. Patriarch Irinej of Serbia in Belgrade, with the help of Bishop Irinej, the previous bishop of the Serbian Diocese of Australia, made a pastoral visit as a confirmation of the cooperation between the church families, and father John Behr from St. Vladimirs in New York is one of the teachers who has taught at St. Athanasius.

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi held talks on Tuesday with a number of head of states and senior international leaders on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, his office said. El-Sisi met with Donald Tusk, the president of the European Council, and the two men discussed irregular migration and signed a document of cooperation priorities for the next three years, presidential spokesman Alaa Youssef said in a statement.

Egyptian Armed Forces’ Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Mahmoud Hegazi, and acting ambassador of the United States to Egypt, Thomas Goldburger, witnessed on Wednesday the final stage of the Egyptian-US military exercise “Bright Star 2017,” that included a shooting project, implemented by mechanical and armored elements as well as special units, in Mohammed Nageb military base.

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi has renewed calls for reforming Islamic discourse, saying it is a key element in defeating terrorism. "By speaking of renewing religious discourse, we look to promote the correct understanding of [Islam] and filter out false ideology and misconceptions," El-Sisi said in an interview with Fox News in New York on Wednesday.

Telecom Egypt has officially launched “WE”, the country’s long anticipated fourth mobile network, CEO Ahmed El Behery said on Tuesday. The network, whose numbers begin with 0155, has launched data and call services, and started selling phone lines with 4G services, which it will roll out on September 28, alongside the three other mobile network operators, El Behery said in a statement. “WE’s pricing is set to be the lowest in the market,” he said. The mobile internet service provided by WE will cost EGP 10 for 1GB, EGP 20 for 2.5GB, EGP 40 for 6GB, EGP 100 for 18GB, and EGP 200 for 40GB.

A girl blew herself up in a mosque in Cameroon A girl blew herself up in a mosque in Cameroon Share Twitter Facebook LinkedIn In Cameroon s capital, killing five worshipers in an attack that bears the hallmarks of the militant Boko Haram group. According to Reuters, Salat said the 12 to 13-year-old girl arrived at the Sanda-Wagkiri mosque in the Kolovata region at dawn time between 5am and 6am. The men were kneeling when she came. Five worshipers were also killed.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandri and Patriarch of St. Mark See, expressed his admiaration to the Coptic youth in Melbourne and invited them to visit Egypt. Pope invited them to stay at the Logos center at St. Bishop monastery in Wadil Natroun that can take up to 200 people.

A family of a Coptic priest were attacked by thugs for refusing to pay tribute to them. 5 people were injured and police were reported. The matter is currently under investigation.

St. Mary Church in Battakh village, in Sohag celebrated Father Estiphanus Rashad, the new priest of the church. the congregation were so happy to receive the priest who was a pharmacist before he was ordained a priest 40 days ago.

Mohamed Sultan, governor of Alexandria, visited Amal Awad, the Coptic woman who was stabbed in front of a church by unknown man, at hospital. The Coptic woman was attacked as she was heading out of St. Mary Church in Gawahir, Alexandria. The attacker used a sharp tool to attack the woman in front of the main gate of the Church and escaped, and the matter is currently under investigation.

A Coptic housewife in Tahta, Suhag, filed a lawsuit against the clerical council of Suhag as it refused to complete her divorce application. Police is currently investigating the matter.

Coptic Orthodox Church mourned today the departure of Father Isaac Rateb, priest of St. Philopatir, Koshh village, Suhag. His funeral was headed by Bishop of Baliana and attended by senior officials of Suhag governorate.

Abba Daniel, Head of the Monastery of St. Shenouda in New South Wales, received Abba Peter, Bishop of North and South Carolina, and Kentucky of America, in Australia. Bishop Daniel gave a sermon to the congregation of Sydney at the monastery and said that his visit comes at the 29th of the Coptic month which is the commemoration of Annunciation, Christmas and Resurrection.