Coptic people started today fasting the Great Lent. Coptic churches will be celebrating daily late masses at the Great Lent from 1 to 3 p.m. The Great Lent is celebrated in Coptic churches for 55 days by fasting and special rituals.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, laid the foundation stone of a new Church in Port Said that was called St. Anthony and St. Paul. The visit of Pope Tawadros is the first after his enthronement as Pope of the Coptic Church.

The Coptic Orthodox Church celebrated its very first Holy Mass held in Burundi at the church of St. Mark and St. Moussa. The Coptic church has more than 40 churches in Africa that was visited about 12 times by Pope Shenouda III.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, visited today the Children s Museum Center of Civilization and Creativity. Pope wrote in the guest book that he was happy to visit this place that takes care of children along the ages and thanked its officials for taking good care of the children who are the future of this nation.

The Cathedral of All Saints in Zamalik, Cairo, hosts the Week of Prayer for Unity among all Christian denominations. The prayers are held with the participation of all Egyptian churches in mutual meetings that denounce division.

Coptic Orthodox Church started on Monday the Fast of Nineveh, which is held for 3 days and is followed shortly by the great lent. The Fast of Nineveh is a three-day fast starting 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.

The Coptic Orthodox Church announced in a statement that His Holiness Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, offered his deepest condolences to Abba Makari, Bishop of the southern Shubra Churches and the priests of the diocese in the departure of Father Salib Matta Sawiris who died today. The late priest ministered for years in the church of St. George in Gioushy, Shubra.

The monks of the monastery of St. Samuel in Minya lodged a protest in front of the monastery to denounce the prevention of cars belong to the monastery from reaching inside just like police have prevented families and visitors of the monks. It is worth mentioning that such security procedures have caused a group of cattle to get sick after staying for 9 hours in the open till police allowed them to enter.

Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patirarch of St. Mark See, condemned the terrorist attack on a security site in northern Sinai yesterday, which resulted in the killing of an officer and 14 soldiers. Pope added that the church is praying for families of the victims and for healing of the injured.

Youth Bishopric concluded its annual conference in Wadi Al-Natroun in the presence of Bishop Raphael of central Cairo and several ministers of the bishopric. Father Marcos Al-Bermoussi, and Dr. Mina Adel were also keynote speakers of the conference.

Assailant of St. George Church in Ain Shams was sentenced to 3 years in prison for attacking the church and its security. The man was considered religious psychopath since he doesn’t belong to any terrorist group.

After his resignation from Bishopric of Melbourne, Australia, Abba Suriel was appointed assistant Bishop in America. He was appointed assistant bishop of Metropolitan Serapion of Los Angeles.

The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) announced a rise in remittances from Egyptians working abroad by 270.2 $ Million US during December 2018. Statement added that the total remittances were 2.2 billion US$ compared to 1.9 billion US$ in November 2018.

A number of churches in Ethiopia have been attacked over the last two days after rumors that mosques have been attacked and set on fire. 7 churches following the Evangelical church were attacked and some of them were completely demolished in the southern city of Abba Colito.

Al-Zaqaziq Bishopric celebrated the visit of a delegation from UNICEF in preparation for putting Sharqiya province on the map of the journey of the Holy Family. Father Matias Yaqoub said that the province of Sharkia is of great importance in the journey of the Holy Family since it was the very first stop in Egypt and witnessed several miracles carried out by the baby Jesus.

Samalout Coptic diocese celebrates the fourth anniversary of the martyrdom of 21 martyrs in Libya at Awr village in Minya. The celebration will last for 14 days for the martyrs who have been slain by ISIS on the shores of Libya.

Father Hany Bachom, spokesman of the Catholic Church in Egypt said that 120 priests will arrive from Milan on February 24 as part of reviving the path of the holy family in Egypt. They are going to visit the monasteries of Wadil Natroun and the Faculty of Humanities and theology in Maadi, he added.

Rev. Andria Zaki, head of the Evangelical community in Egypt opened today the Evangelical Church in Mallawy after it was restored by the Egyptian armed forces. The church was attacked and set on fire by supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood after the dispersal of Rabaa Adawia and Nahda sit-ins.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexndria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, received today French President Emaneuel Macron and his wife at the Papal headquarter in Cairo. This comes as part of Macron s visit to Cairo that lasts for three days.

The Orthodox Church of Egypt participated in the day of prayer for the unity of the Church all over the world. Bishop Bernaba was delegated by Pope Tawadros to attend the prayers at St. Paul Church in Rome.

The Coptic Church in Kuwait received delegation of the Egyptian Parliament headed by Dr. Ali Abdel Aal, head of the House of Representatives, in the framework of the visit of the official delegation to the State of Kuwait, to promote joint cooperation between the two countries. The delegation was received by Father Begol Bishoy, priest of the Church of St. Mark in Kuwait, assuring that the church holds grea love for the homeland. Abdel Aal said that 700,000 Egyptians work in Kuwait and contribute to its cultural and educational renaissance, indicating the depth of relations between the two countries.