Abba Maqar, Bishop of Sharqia and the 10th of Ramadan City, inaugurated last Saturday the alter and icons of the church of St. Demiana in Kafr Shenouda. The church is the oldest in the diocese as it was built in 1817 under the reign of Pope Peter VII.

HG Bishop Guargius, Bishop of Matai, celebrated the feast of St. Athanasius the Apostolic at his church in Kafour Matai. The remains of the saint were perfumed at the church that dates back to more than five centuries.

His Grace Abba Bemen, Bishop of Qus and Naqada, is going to ordain his brother Dr. Helmy Haroun a priest on next Saturday. He was ordained a deacon on Tuesday pending the priesthood ordination on Saturday.

6 new deacons have joined the ministry after they were ordained by Bishop Abraam of Fayouma and Abba Isaac, the general bishop. The new deacons were ordained at the first rank of deacons known as Ebsaltus.

Coptic Church celebrates the Golden Jubilee of Our Lady of Zeitoun from May 10 for three days. Our Lady of Zeitoun, also known simply as El-Zeitoun, Zeitun or rarely Our Lady of Light, was a mass Marian apparition that occurred in the Zeitoun district of Cairo, Egypt, over a period of 2–3 years beginning on April 2, 1968.

Bishop Bishoy of Damietta, Kafr El-Sheikh and the head of the monastery of St. Demiana announced the beginning of construction of the wall of St. Demiana Monastery. He added that they obtained all licenses and they aim to finish the walls in one week before the celebration of the feast of St. Demiana.

Bishop Hedra of Aswan held a meeting with the staff of the House of the Bible, accompanied by some of the priests in the diocese. They discussed ways to develop bible study sessions and present them for the elderly and young people.

Bishop Rafael, General Secretary of the Holy Synod, commented or rumors about his resignation assuring there is no resignation from priesthood in the Coptic Orthodox Church as it is equal to fatherhood. He explained that the office of the General Sectary is taken for three years and may be renewed with elections according to the regulation. The last round ends this month and elections will be held to choose the next General Secretary of the Holy Synod.

International Maestro Bishoy Awad said that Coptic music dates back to the Pharaonc era and is considered a spiritual extension of it. This came during a lecture about Coptic music in St. Mark Cathedral in Alexandria. He added that the Greek philosopher Plato in the fifth century BC has testified that Egyptian Pharaonic music is the most complete form of music.

Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris said he s not opposed to recent military strikes on Syria, because "it s important to tell people that you cannot support a dictator that is gassing people and get away with it." Sawiris made the comments on Monday after President Donald Trump over the weekend ordered "precision missile strikes" against the Syrian government in retaliation for a chemical attack against its citizens. France and Great Britain took part in the attacks as well.

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Abba Youannis, bishop of Assiut, Abba Bigol, Bishop of St. Mary monastery in Maharraq, Abba Besada, bishop of Akhmim, Abba Longinos, bishop of St. Shenouda monastery, and Abba Pachom Bishop of Suhag ordained a number of monks for several monasteries in Upper Egypt. The new monks belong to the monasteries of ST. Shenouda, Red monastery and Archangel monastery in Akhmim.

Egyptian court ruled on Sunday to support the death sentence against Adel Abdel Nour Suleiman, known as Adel Asaliah, who stepped a Coptic merchant in front of his shop in Alexandria. The Criminal Court of Alexandria sentenced on 9 March, 2017, the defendant to death penalty before his lawyer appealed the death sentence. The court rejected the appeal and issued a final ruling against the defendant.

The main achievements during the first term of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (2014-2018) have been mainly in two domains: security and infrastructure. The domain of security included the salvation of the Egyptian people from the radical rule of the Muslim Brothers who are the custodian of radical Islam and terrorism. It also included maintaining Egypt s relative security in a far from secured Middle East Region. Such a non-stop task included 24 hour a day monitoring of all the borders of Egypt, particularly with Libya, Gaza and Israel. For the overwhelming majority of the Egyptian people, security is a more important priority than anything including democracy. In parallel, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi obviously kept Egypt quite far from the anarchy that prevailed in a number of Middle Eastern countries such as Libya, Syria and Yemen. In a way, one could say that while President Putin rescued Russia from the gigantic disorder that prevailed throughout the 1990s, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi similarly rescued Egypt from a bloody disorder such as the devastating chaos which ruined Libya, Yemen and Syria, a chaos that was not only blessed but obviously supported by the USA and the EU in general and by specific figures such as Hillary Clinton in particular.

Faculty of Pharmacy at Assiut University scheduled an exam for its students included Copts on the eve of Easter. The Coptic students complained that this prevents them from attending church, but the faculty responded that it is their problem to attend the church or to take the exam.

Under the patronage of Pope Twadros II and Abba Moussa, Bishop of Youth, the Coptic Orthodox Church organized a conference on the Coptic faith entitled Dogma7 . The main lecture was delivered by Abba Bishoy, Archbishop of Damietta and Abba Moussa, Bishop of Youth.

St. Shenouda Church in Aswan celebrated Mother s Day in the presence of its priests and ministers. Prizes for ideal mothers were distributed in the celebration.

The decision of the Australian government to refuse 10 cases of Coptic asylum seekers raised anger of Coptic leaders who expressed their concern over the decision. Among those refugees in Melbourne an elderly couple in their 70s, a mother with young children as well as some young people, and those are facing deportation despite the ongoing violence in Egypt against Coptic Christians.

Coptic priests in Chicago demanded urgent intervention by Pope Tawadros II to end what they called the theological debate on Facebook Pages. Statement said that some entities trying to show themselves as heroes who protect the faith and defend the orthodox faith though they have no degree or authority in the church.

After he ordained 15 new priests for the ministry in Alexandria churches, Pope Tawadros asked the new priests to give enough time for their families and to balance between time spent on their ministry and with their families.

Abba Raphael, Bishop of the Churches of Central Cairo and General Secretary of the Holy Synod, celebrated the Holy Mass at the church of St. Anthony and St. Paula in Guildford, Australia. During the mass, he sermonized about happiness, and later he gave a sermon about the importance of Jesus Christ crucifixion for our salvation.