Bishop Markos of Shubra al-Khaymah met with Nasser Hamdi, Ambassador of Egypt to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and members of the Embassy and a number of Christian community. This came during the visit of His Eminence to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It is worth mentioning that Bishop Markos met yesterday with Sheikh Dr. Mohammed Al-Issa, Secretary of the Muslim World League, in his office in Riyadh.

The Coptic churches in Kafr El-Sheikh celebrated today the enthronement of its new Bishop Abba Markos. The celebration was attended by governor of Kafr El-Sheikh and several senior officials in addition to members of the holy synod bishop Paula and bishop Youannis. He was born in 1966, in the village of Hessa Melig in the Egyptian governorate of Menoufia, and graduated from the Faculty of Commerce in 1987 and served for a short time as a public employee. In 1997, he was ordained a monk in the monastery of St. Mina in Mariout and became a priest in 2007. His Holiness Pope Twadros II ordained him as a general bishop in 2014, and was chosen by His Holiness Pope Twadros II to be the bishops of Damietta, and Kafr El Sheikh.

Pope Tawadros, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, held a meeting today with members of the World Christian Union of Student at the Papal headquarter of St. Bishoy Monastery in Wadil Natroun. During the meeting, they discussed the role of young people to build the home land and spreading peace all over the world, especially with the increasing violence and wars.

His Holiness Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, received today to Coptic nuns from Ireland at the papal headquarters at the Grand Cathedral of St. Mark. Sister Filomina and Kirila from St. George Coptic monastery for nuns in Ireland talked with the Pope about the Egyptian history and the Path of the holy family in Egypt.

Metropolitan Markos of Shubra al-Khaimah celebrated yesterday the first Holy Mass in Saudi Arabia. During his visit to the Saudi Arabia he met with several senior officials as well as members of the Coptic congregation in the Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman had met with the Coptic Pope at Cairo s largest Coptic cathedral last March, which was an unprecedented visit and a nice gesture followed by allowing Copts to celebrate the Holy Mass in Saudi Arabia.

Abba Hedra, Metropolitan of Aswan, returned to Cairo after completing his therapeutic trip to America. He was received at the airport by many of the congregation who came to wish him speedy recovery after he underwent an operation to replace Knee Joint.

The delegation of the Greek Orthodox Church visited the Monastery of St. Mina in Mariout after they were blessed by the relics of St. Mark in Alexandria. The delegation included Bishop Agnathios, Archbishop of Volos, Bishop Christostomos, Archbishop of Zhozonis, AbbaYoannis, Archbishop of Pendelis Monastery, and Archimandrite Speridhan Katermanos. They were received yesterday by Bishop Pavlos, Coptic Bishop of Greece.

The first hearing of the man accused of attacking St. George Church in Ain Shams will be held on November 28. Police investigations suggested the man has mental disorder and that he doesn t belong to any terrorist group.

Patriarchs of the East held the 26th conference in Baghdad to discuss the situation of Christians of the Middle East. The conference lasts till the end of the month, and today they celebrated the holy mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Deliverance, after eight years have passed on its terrorist attack.

Fatwa Observatory of Al-Azhar said that terrorists celebrated the Prophet s Birthday by exploding Mosques and Kill the worshippers. The terrorist attacks reached 33 that were carried out by 12 terrorist organization and the victims of the attacks reached 685.

The visit of Christian tourists to the religious monuments in Hurghada made tourism industry flourishes. This came after a number of initiatives were launched by the province to attract more religious tourism.

The Coptic Orthodox church has started the Nativity fasting today. The Nativity Fast is a period of abstinence and penance practiced by the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Eastern Catholic Churches, in preparation for the Nativity of Jesus.

The Fatwa observatory and Egyptian Mufti have denounced targeting Christians in Syria by Tahrir al-Sham organization, the arm of al-Qaeda in Syria, against the Christian citizens and seizing their properties. Christians in Syria have received a message from Tahrir al-Sham organization asking them to deliver their properties to the Office of real estate and spoils.

Couple of days after a young Christian man was killed while trying to defend a Muslim girl in Aswan, a number of Muslim girls visited the church of St. Mary in Malawy and cleaned it before the holy mass. Many people praised their positive attitude and the love among Muslims and Christians in Egypt.

12 terrorists were killed while exchanging fire with police in Arish. Police have arranged security crackdown based on information about the existence of terrorists. Police have seized 7 automatic weapons and an explosive belt and two explosive devices.

Italian police arrested a young Egyptian man, on charges of planning to carry out terrorist attacks inside the country. The 22-year-old Egyptian citizen, Essam al-Sayed al-Sayyid, has been arrested by Italian police and was accused of leading a terrorist group and joining the terrorist organization of ISIS. The young man confessed he carried out a previous attack last July, in which 4 people were killed.

A number of boys have stoned houses of the Copts in Manin village, Minya, before police intervened and forced them to flee. The boys have also attacked the church, which was shut down last April by Police.

Catholic Church participated in the annual Conference of the Council of Churches of Egypt, with priests of different denominations. The conference that was held in Wadil Natroun concentrated on the skills of visiting the absent people and its importance. 60 priests from various churches, including the Orthodox, Catholic, Evangelical, Episcopal, and the Greek Orthodox Church.

Governor of Minya and its senior officials held a customary reconciliation session between two families who had a revenge history among its sons. Taking revenge in Upper Egypt is a habit that shed a lot of innocent blood and caused instability. Two people were killed last October over financial dispute between the two families.

Suez Canal Authority Chairman and Head of the Suez Canal Economic Zone, Mohab Mamish, said that three contracts were signed with the investors of the northern region of Suez Canal Economic Authority, which will provide job opportunities for the sons of Port Said and establish new investments in the new East Port Said industrial zone. The projects offer investments by billions of dollars and provides more than 2000 jobs.

Murderer of the Coptic doctor Tharwat Georgy in Dirout declared his belonging to ISIS before he was sentenced to death penalty by Egyptian court. The terrorist said he sees Copts are infidels and their money, souls and belongings are lawful to seize and their blood is permissible to shed.