The African tribal king, Chevy G. Jean, one of the leaders of Cote d Ivoire, joined the Orthodox Church. He was baptized by the monotheistic father Dionysius of the monastery of Kotlomusi and was named David.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, sent a delegation to Russia to buy a Coptic church in Moscow. The delegation consists of Bishop Theodosious of Giza and Peter of Shebin Qanater.

The Church of the Virgin and Pope Cyril of Zouaydeh organized a group breakfast for fasters with more than 500 Muslims. Leaders of the church said that the party is a message of unity among the Egyptians and is a good custom followed by all Egyptians during the holy month of Ramadan.

The Egyptian Committee for Justice and Peace of the Council of Catholic Patriarchs and Bishops in Egypt organized the annual Ramadan breakfast party yesterday. The party was attended by a number of public figures and Islamic scholars. It is worth mentioning that the Justice and Peace Committee is headed by Father William Seydhom Jesuit.

Bishops of the Coptic church in America attended the Islamic breakfast of the holy month of Ramadan. The breakfast was prepared by the Egyptian community in the presence of the Egyptian Mission to the United Nations and the Egyptian Cultural Center in New York.

In his speech during the Egyptian family breakfast, president Abdul Fattah al-Sisi promised good news for the Egyptians in two weeks. He added that Egypt will be much better in two years God willing.

A number of activists on the social networking sites criticized a picture of Ahmad Mohamed Hassan, son of the famous Islamic preacher. He appears in a picture driving a very expensive car which contradicts to calls of his father for austerity and asceticism.

An Ethiopian pastor was attacked by a crocodile when he was baptizing worshipers in a lake located in the south of the country. 80 people were going to be baptized when the Protestant priest was attacked and killed by the crocodile.

Abba Domadious, bishop of 6th of October visited St. Abraam monastery in Fayoum to celebrate his feast.

The monastery of St. Abraam in Fayoum celebrates the feast of its intercession. The body of the saint was perfumed before the congregation celebrated the Holy Mass.

Bishop Raphael, former secretary of the Holy Synod, visited Austria for treatment. It is decided that he will undergo a surgery on his knee. This came after his pastoral care visit to Rome last month.

Abba Epraim Isaac, the Catholic Patriarch of Egypt, and Abba Prono Mozaro, ambassador of the Vatican opened the Cave church of the Holy Family in Matareya. The church lies next to St. Mary’s tree which was used by the holy family to protect them from direct sun.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, is celebrating the visit of the Holy Family to Egypt by following its steps in Ept from Farama to Wadil Natroun. The journey includes 25 stations and aims to document the historical visit and encourage tourists to visit the holy places.

Father Rofael Sami, Coptic priest, said that several Coptic girls disappeared thanks to the cooperation between Islamization groups of girls and fanatic officials in the government whom offer help to these groups. He added that the church has to raise awareness on that account and police have to protect the targeted Copts, especially as those groups are working for foreign organizations.

Mariam Girges, Coptic woman who was kidnapped in Sharabia neighborhood in Cairo, could escape from her captors. Her family said that she was kidnapped by three women and a man who took her to Alexandria where they detained her and stole her jewelry. Later, Mariam was able to escape and returned to her family.

A Coptic minor girl called Mariam Maggy was kidnapped by a rickshaw driver and a group of women wearing niquab in Zeiton gardens, Cairo. Police were reported and the matter is under investigation.

Mokhtar Nouh, former leader of the Muslims Brotherhood, said he has information that will be revealed on time about the Islamization plan of Coptic monitor girls. He added that enemies of Egypt plan to destroy the relationship between Muslims and Christians. Nouh explained that Coptic Christians for centuries have tolerated a lot for the sake of their homeland and now are facing plans to force their daughters into Islam.

UBS Switzerland s Zurich-based bank named Cairo the cheapest city in the world. His came in an annual report by the bank, which includes 77 urban cities. In the report Zurich remains the most expensive city in the world followed by Geneva and Oslo.

Abba Bacilious, bishop of St. Samuel monastery headed the prayers at the place of the terrorist attack where dozens of Copts were shot dead. 28 Copts including children were killed as they were heading to visit the monastery.

Abba Arsanious, bishop of Minya and Abba Makarios, general Bishop of Minya, ordained 5 new priests at the diocese. The new priests are fathers Hanania Moris, Besada Thabet, Anthon Atef, Lucas Flimon and Yaccoub Saad. The new priests headed to Paramous monastery at Wadil Natroun to spend 40 days of spiritual retreat according to the Coptic ritual.

The Egyptian Cabinet permitted the building of a Catholic church in the new administrative capital and dedicated a piece of land for that purpose. The construction of the new church will start soon and sources expected that the three Christian communities will have churches in the new administrative capital.