Austrian police took extra security measures after a terror warning near a police station in lower Austria. Sources said that warnings of a bomb were reported and immediately police reacted and searched the nearby buildings, but nothing was found.

The Austrian Catholic Church and the churches of various Christian denominations in Austria are witnessing a large ecumenical activity during September. For its part, the World Council of Churches in Austria is organizing a symposium entitled "Salt of the Earth" on 11 September.

The Austrian Church celebrates the feast of the ascension of the Virgin Mary next Thursday through a special European tradition of special convoys roaming the Danube. The feast of the Virgin Mary is the most important occasion in the Catholic Church and is celebrated on August 15th of each year where thousands visit the monasteries and churches of St. Mary in Austria.

The Church of St. Rotonda in the center of Vienna was attacked by a terrorist who set it on fire. Church said that unknown people had set fire on the church, but a tourist saw them and extinguished the fire with the holy water.

In an incident that may threaten the situation of refugees in Austria, an Iraqi refugee was involved in the burning of 4 government buildings in Graz, Austria s second-largest city. Security sources said four deliberate attacks were carried out respectively against government buildings in the city of Graz.The fire broke out in the municipal buildings, the local court and the environment building, and a fourth attempt was made at the main train station, the sources said.

Medhat Ebiei, head of the International Federation of Egyptian Citizens, condemned the terrorist attack near the Egyptian Museum in Cairo adding that such heinous attacks wouldn t hinder development and achievement in Egypt. Security sources had reported that an explosion targeted a tourist bus at the Grand Egyptian Museum, near the pyramids in Giza.

The Catholic Armenian Church assigned a new bishop in Austria. Bishop Tiran Betrosian was chosen by Patriarch Karkain in Armenia to minister in Middle Europe and Scandinavian countries. He is going to be enthroned next Sunday at the third neighborhood in Vienna.

In solidarity with victims of black terror and attacks on churches In Sri Lanka, the Austrian Cabinet decided at its meeting to provide emergency assistance to the victims of the church attack on the Easter holiday in Sri Lanka from the account of the Foreign Disaster Fund. Austrian Foreign Minister said other aid would be given to Mozambique because of the severe cyclone, where 1.8 million people already need urgent humanitarian assistance.

Austrian media published a report about a Coptic cleric combining service and Taxi driving. The Austrian newspaper Kronen Zeitung said the Deacon Kreme Hanna combines the work with dedication for the service which he conducts on Saturdays and Sundays.

Reflecting the broad European interest in this crime, Vienna metro stations broadcasted a part of the funeral of Coptic martyrs who were killed in a terrorist attack at the monastery of Abba Samuel in Minya. The Austrian media described the incident as a new terrorist attack targeting Copts in Egypt as part of repeated attacks against innocent worshipers who visited the monastery.

Ibrahim Ayyad, the chanter of the Great Cathedral of St. Mark, visited the Monastery of the Holy Cross in Austria, and sermonized about the Coptic rituals and melodies. The Monastery of the Holy Cross holds a piece of the real cross upon which Jesus Christ was crucified.

Under the Patronage of His Holiness Cardinal Christoph Schönbrunn, the Austrian Church concluded its annual festival for the care of children and young people, which brought happiness and joy for the participants. The festival was held on October 12 and 13 with the participation of 150 ministers from all over Austria.

The World Council of Churches in Austria celebrated its 60th anniversary on Wednesday In the Lutheran city church in central Vienna. In its statement, head of the council wished for better future for the council and its members stressing the importance of joint commitment to peace and justice and the dissemination of moral values.

Austrian Church distributes flowers tomorrow to celebrate St. Stephen s Day at the famous cathedral in Austria on his name. St. Stephen live between the year 610 and 670 and is considered a patron of plants and flowers in Austria.

Bahjat Al-Obaidi, founder of the World Union of Egyptians Abroad, congratulated the Copts in Egypt and abroad on the occasion of the Feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary. He added that St Mary is honored by both Muslims and Christians of Egypt.

Muslims and Copts in Austria exchanged congratulations on Eid al-Adha and the Feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary that come at the same day. Bahjat Al-Obaidi, the founder of the World Union of Egyptians Abroad, expressed his sincere congratulations to the Egyptian people on the occasion of Eid al-Adha and the feast of the Virgin Mary, wishing all the Egyptians the best. Muslims were keen to hold the Eid prayer at the Grand Islamic Center in Vienna and then went out to the parks and distributed candy and meat sacrifice.

Catholic church in Austria held a memorial service for victims of Genwa collapsed bridge in Italy. Participants of the service expressed their grief over the victims and their prayers for God to repose their souls in the paradise of joy.

The Catholic Christian majority in Austria celebrated the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary yesterday. The feast day of the Assumption of Mary celebrates the Christian belief that God assumed the Virgin Mary into Heaven following her death It is celebrated on August 15 in many countries. It s also called the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Dormition of the Most Holy Mother of God (in the eastern countries), or the Feast of the Assumption.

Father Abraham was the name chosen for the first Austrian monk who was ordained at the Monastery of St. Bishoy in Wadil Natroun. The new monk was born in Vienna and studied aeronautical engineering in Munich but preferred to enter the monastic order in Egypt, preferring it to the Coptic monasteries in Europe.

For the first time, Pope Francis will visit the World Council of Churches in Geneva on 21 June 2018. The church said the visit would include an ecumenical prayer in the morning and a speech delivered by the Pope. The visit comes at the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Council, which was founded on 23 August 1948.

The Catholic Church in Austria congratulated the Orthodox Christians in the world on the Easter celebrations next Sunday. On that occasion, the Catholic Church published a statistics of the Orthodox in the world, saying that their population is about 300 million people, including 500 thousand people in Austria.