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.

United Sates of America designated 3 organizations belong to the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organizations. The 3 organizations are: Hasm, Lewaa Thawria (Revolutionary Brigades), and Sawaed Masr (Egyptians Hands). Moreover, Hamas politburo chief Ismail Haniyeh was included on the same list. US Foreign Secretary Rex Tillerson said that the new measures are aimed at depriving these groups of the resources they need to plan and carry out their terrorist activities.

The Evangelical community in Minya is preparing to hold a conference under the title Let glory be in our land . The conference is held from Thursday 22 February to Saturday 24 February 2018 with the participation of Father Michael Kimoli from Uganda and a number of guests from several countries.

The Apostolic Nuncio, the Vatican s ambassador to Egypt, Bruno Mozaro, visited Suhag on Wednesday for a five-days visit. During his visit, Mozaro will hold meetings with a number of officials and will visit a number of villages.

Giza Criminal Court sentenced 10 terrorist to life imprisonment for targeting Copts and state institutions. The terrorist cell known as Imbaba cell was found guilty of establishing an illegal group and planning for terrorist attacks against state institutions and Christians. It is worth mentioning that the list included 3 fugitive terrorists.

Bishop Armia, member of the Holy Synod, of the Coptic Orthodox Church participated today in the opening of a new branch of the family home in Kafr El Sheikh. He said that the Family House aims at spreading love among the Egyptian people, especially at such critical moment in which Egypt is facing internal and external war.

Sheikh Mostafa Rashid, Mufti of Australia and New Zealand, president of the World Union of Islamic Scholars for Peace, issued a new book entitled (a correction to the old jurisprudence), which was presented at the Cairo International Book Fair. In the book he explained that many ideas embraced by Muslims around the world are not true including Hijab and niqab. He added that there is no killing to apostasy in Islam, and jihad with weapons ended at the end of early Islamic call. Fasting is imposed on the rich only and making idols is not forbidden, but marrying more than one woman is haram.

Dr. Sana al-Sayed, vice-president of the excavation center team in Mansoura University, said that her team discovered a dinosaur in the oasis of the Dakhla in the Western Desert She added that the work began in 2008 and that the dinosaur whose structure was found is a family that had not been discovered before and had lived in Egypt 70 million years ago.

The United States on Monday announced a lifting of the ban on the entry of refugees from 11 countries, most of them Muslim countries, but made it clear that those who want to enter the United States will be subjected to tighter security measures than they had in the past.

The Coptic Orthodox Church denied rumors about the launch of a new satellite channel from the new administrative capital. Rumors said that the cost of such channel will exceed 100 million pounds. Father Poulos Halim, a spokesman for the church, denied the rumors saying that Pope Tawadros has never said he had the intention to launch a new television channel.

Coptic Orthodox Church started on Monday the Fast of Nineveh, which is held for 3 days and is followed by the great lent. The Fast of Nineveh is a three-day fast starting the second Monday before Clean Monday from Sunday Midnight to Wednesday noon during which participants abstain from all kinds of dairy foods and meat products and which commemorates the three days that the Prophet Jonah spent in the belly of the Great Fish and the subsequent fast and repentance of the Ninevites at the warning message of the prophet Jonah according to the bible.

Coptic Orthodox Church demanded to include the journey of the Holy Family in the list of UNESCO human heritage. Pope Tawadros II said in an introduction of a book about the holy family that such journey has been followed by several researches and should be included in the list of Human heritage. .

Coptic Orthodox church starts the Fast of Nineveh next Monday. The Fast of Nineveh is a three-day fast starting the second Monday before Clean Monday from Sunday Midnight to Wednesday noon during which participants abstain from all kinds of dairy foods and meat products and which commemorates the three days that the Prophet Jonah spent in the belly of the Great Fish and the subsequent fast and repentance of the Ninevites at the warning message of the prophet Jonah according to the bible.

Under the auspices of Abba Makarios, bishop of Minya, and in cooperation with the Academy of Talents in Minya, the fifth carnival of the talented was held in Minya. 220 churches from 9 dioceses have participated in the carnival with a total of 6850 participants in various competitions.

Abba Markus, Bishop of the Churches of Qubba Gardens, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Cathedral of the ‘Nativity of Christ’ in the new administrative capital. The congregation from the churches of St. Mary in Ameria and St. Demiana in Waily celebrated the holy mass at the new cathedral as well.

Dr. Hosam al-Shazly, secretary general of the Egyptian Council for Change, announced his intention to run for the presidential race in Egypt. Al-Shazly announced his presidential team, which includes a number of members of the Muslim Brotherhood including: Dr. Mohammed Hafez, Hisham Ismail, Ahmed Jarjawi and Mohammed Shalabi.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patirarch of ST. Mark See, said during his meeting with Egyptian writers at Al-Ahram public newspaper, that Copts are not a denomination and the Coptic church has churches in 60 countries and its congregation extended in 100 country. He called the writers to avoid the term Coptic denomination and to teach the people about the Coptic history through their writings.

Egyptian Education Ministry announced its change for the Islamic religion curricula in favor of tolerance and peaceful coexistence in Egypt. This comes as part of the initiative to develop the religious discourse.

Abba Antionious Morkos, Bishop of African affairs, visited Namibia from January 18 to January 21 where he celebrated Epiphany feast with the Coptic congregation there. During his visit, Bishop Morkos ordained 6 deacons for the ministry in the church.