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.

The author and researcher Islam Bahiri denounced the statement issued byAl-Azhar concerning the marriage of minor girls which stated there is no text to allow or prevent it. Bahiri said that Al-Azhar statement put Muslims in a problem as it continues mistakes of 1400 years. it is not just mistakes, but rape and sexual abuse of children in the name of religion!

Belgian authorities decided to deport the Imam of the Great Brussels mosque, Abdel Hadi al-Suweifi, after growing signs of radicalism. The Egyptian Imam was considered a potential threat for security in Belgium. It is worth mentioning that the Egyptian imam have refused to pray for the victims of terrorist attacks in the Belgian capital in 2016, and announced that the prayer on non-Muslims is prohibited by Sharia.

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.