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.

Eng. Sherif Habib, Governor of Beni Suef, met with leaders of the Coptic Evangelical Organization for Social Services to discuss the development plan according to the 2030 vision in Egypt. The plan included sectors of education, health and economic development.

Dr. Abba Shouman, deputy of Al-Azhar, said that Al-Azhar institution supports a modern civil and democratic state in Egypt. He added that Copts should be able to enter the civil faculties of Al-Azhar in case they fulfill its requirements including the memorizing of the Holy Koran.

Pope Towards II, Pope of Alexandria and patriarch of St. Mark See, held a meeting today with Youth Ministry Secretaries in Alexandria. Pope sermonized to them about how to benefit from fasting and answered several questions by the attendees. met with Responsible for the service of young people in all churches of Alexandria and with them secretaries of service and secretaries. His Holiness spoke in a spiritual speech about the benefit of fasting and then answered clearly and with open heart to many questions to those present in various fields such as the role of the Church in the service of youth and the role of the National Church and the many positive aspects witnessed by Egypt despite the severe war and the causes of acute youth in this age and other The subjects took about two hours.

Abba Raphael, secretary of the Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church, announced on Saturday the death of Abba Boqtor, Bishop of the New Valley, as he was being treated in the United States of America. Bishop Boqtor was ordained general bishop of the New Valley in 2015 and was enthroned in 2016. He was born in 1953 in Luxor and was called Samaan Fakhri Samaan, graduated from the Faculty of Engineering, Minya University in 1976 and was ordained a monk in 1980 in the monastery of Muharraq in Assiut. He served in the churches of the New Valley and Oases since 1998.

6 new priests were ordained today for the ministry in Hlawan and Maasara diocese. The ordination was completed by Abba Pesenty, Bishop of Hlawan, Abba Daniel, Bishop of Maadi, Abba Raphael, general secretary of the Holy Synod, and Abba Samuel, Bishop of Tamwa. The new priests are Fathers Makarous Fayez, Issac Paula, Beshara Abdu, Tomas Nabil, Girgis Isaac, and Antonius Farris. After the ordination, they moved to the monastery of St. Bishoy in Wadil Natroun to spend 40 days of spiritual retreat according to the Coptic ritual.

Egyptian newspapers said that hundreds of Copts from all over Egypt visited St. Bishoy church in Port Said. The picture leaks oil for the 28 year in what is considered a miracle by Coptic Christians.

Cairo Criminal Court postponed the hearing of the trial of a defendant in what was known in media as Zeitoun terrorist cell to February 27. The defendants are accused with forming a terrorist cell to target Copts and tourists in Egypt after they killed four Copts in Zeitoun neighborhood in Cairo.

Abba Pfnotius, Archbishop of Smalout, ordained 4 new priests at the Cathedral of the savior of the world. The new priests are Fathers Sedrak Farag, Nofir Hany, Younathan Nady, and Serbaion Bebawy.

In conjunction with the start of the Great Lent, the Coptic Orthodox Church celebrates the feast of two saints.

Abba Demitrius, bishop of Mallawy, ordained two new priests for the minstry in the diocese.

The Coptic Orthodox Church of 21 Coptic Martyrs in Libya will be opened next Thursday. The church was built after the slain of 21 Copts by ISIS in Libya.

Trial of Ahmed Said, the accused of killing the priest of Marg, was held today in the Court of North Cairo in Abbasiyah. The accused who was transferred under tight security measures cursed the attendees of the court saying: you are humiliated unclean infidels.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, received a delegation of ministers and congregation of the Coptic migrants in Austria. Spokesman of the church said that the delegation arrived in Egypt to enjoy a spiritual retreat.

Coptic Orthodox church started the Great Lent fasting on Monday. Great Lent, or the Great Fast, meaning "Great 40 Days," and "Great Fast," respectively) is the most important fasting season in the church year in the Byzantine Rite of the Eastern Orthodox Church (including Western Rite Orthodoxy) and the Eastern Catholic Churches, which prepares Christians for the greatest feast of the church year, Pascha (Easter).

Pope Francis made an appeal in the run-up to the World Day of Prayer and Awareness against Human Trafficking celebrated on February 8th to join forces to prevent trafficking and guarantee protection and assistance to victims. He also called to pray that the Lord may convert the hearts of traffickers and give hope of liberation to all those who suffer from this shameful scourge.

Abba Anthony, Bishop of Scotland, Ireland and the North of England said that the situation in Egypt is getting better as the government is exerting great efforts to fix the situation and change the fanatic culture of many people including those in Upper Egypt. He added that the situation now is better than back under the Muslim Brotherhood rule in spite of many obstacles before peaceful coexistence and Christians should pray for the fanatics.

The official page of Minya diocese published photos of a 36 months girl who contributed to the construction of the church of her village. Mariam Gamal, was among other children helping in the construction works of the church.

The Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, said that recent economic measures in Egypt have saved the economy from collapse. She added in her interview with CBC private television network that floating the currency and reducing subsidy were a positive sign for investors that Egypt was taking serious steps to reform its economic system that resulted in a steady decline in inflation rates, reaching 12% this year.