Abba Rafael, Bishop of the Churches of Downtown Cairo, headed today the Holy Mass and the general meeting of the Church of Saint Mark in Sydney as part of his pastoral visit to the country. His Eminence will also preside over the general meeting and the youth meeting at the Cathedral of St. Mary and St. Mina. He is scheduled to visit Melbourne on November 2nd.

His Holiness Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, met on Wednesday morning at the Pontifical residence in St. Mark See, with the monk Besenty of St. Bishoy monastery, the priest of the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul in Qatar. During the meeting, the monk offered a report to the Pope about the ministry and services in the church. The meeting was attended by HG Bishop Julius the General Bishop of the Churches of Old Cairo and the Supervisor of the Churches of the Gulf.

Abba Raphael, Bishop General of the churches of downtown Cairo, arrived at Sydney International Airport to start his pastoral care visit to Australia. He met with ministers of the diocese in the presence of Bishop Daniel of the Sydney. Bishop Raphael will celebrate the holy mass at the Church of Abu Seifin, and will meet the congregation of the church as well as the Church of the Archangel Michael and St. Bishoy in Sydney.

Bishop Ghobrial of Beni Suef ordained dozens of deacons in Kafr Jaziret Nasser during his pastoral care visit. The new deacons were ordained at the rank of Oghnostos, which is translated reader of the holy books.

Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See returned to Cairo from Austria, after a pastoral care visit to Europe which started on October 9. The pope visited a number of dioceses in France, Switzerland, Belgium and Austria, during which he met with the Egyptian ambassadors in the four countries as well as high-ranking officials including the French President Emmanuel Macron. He also visited the European Parliament.

3000 Cops have attended the annual conference of Minya diocese held at St. Mina Conference House. The conference was held on October 25 to 26 under the title My house and I will worship the Lord. Bishop Karas of al-Mahalla al-Kubra churches delivered a speech in the conference and a special program was prepared of the children.

Bishop Benjamin of Menofia ordained two new priests for the ministry in the diocese. The new priests are Father Titus Mofid in Batanoun, and Father Markos Samy in Sabak Ahad village.

Samalout diocese celebrated the graduation of the first batch of the Institute of Church Care and Education. The institute was opened by Bishop Pfnotious of the diocese two years ago and offers various specialties including: church care - family counseling - spiritual guidance - church life - Bible - psychological counseling - and human resources.

Qasim Husein, governor of Minya, said that Tal Amarna tourist site in Minya has received delegations from Germany, France and Brazil. The governor explained that many tourists from Europe, Africa, Asia and America have been recently arriving in Minya governorate to visit its historical landmarks, especially the path of the Holy Family sites.

Bishop Raphael of churches of downtown Cairo and former secretary of the Holy Synod celebrated the Holy Mass at St. Mark s Cathedral in Kuwait. Many people of the Coptic congregation of Kuwait have welcomed the bishop. It is worth mentioning that the Coptic Orthodox Cathedral of St. Mark in Kuwait was founded in 1959 by His Holiness Pope Cyril VI.

The Catholic Churches of St. George, and the Virgin Mary and Pope John Paul II in the village of Al-Aziya, Manfalut, Assiut, received the holy remains of St. Teresa. The congregations of the churches were blessed by the remains, which arrived to Egypt from France.

Sources in the church said that the Main Committee for legalization of churches is getting ready to approve the legalization of new churches and service buildings in various governorates. This last legalized batch included 64 churches, which raised the total number of legalized churches in Egypt to 1171 churches and service buildings.

Bishop Dimitrious of Malawy and head of the monastery of Batoul, ordained 2 new nuns at the monastery. The ordination ceremony was attended by Bihsop Aghabious of Dir Mawas and Bishop Makarious of Minya, Bishop Markos of Damietta.

Bishop Dimitrios of Mallawi, Ansna and Ashmounin, visited the 57357 child Hospital for the treatment of cancer. He celebrated the Holy Mass and allowed the children to take part of the communion.

St. Mark Church in Tornto held its General congregation meeting headed by Bishop Elija of Khartoum, and Bishop Makar of Sharkia and 10th of Ramadan City, supervisor of some churches in Canada. Discussions during the meeting focused on the number of issues related to service within the region and how they are organized.

Ethiopia s Prime Minister Abi Ahmed said that if his country had to fight a war over the Renaissance Dam, his country could mobilize millions for confrontation. This came in his speech during a questioning session in the Ethiopian Parliament, on the crisis of the Renaissance Dam. Abi Ahmed said: Some say things about the use of force by Egypt, I must emphasize that no force can prevent Ethiopia from building the dam, and if there is a need to go to war, we can mobilize millions of soldiers. If a party can fire a missile, the other can use bombs.

His Holiness Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark See, visited the shrine of St. John Cassian in his monastery in marseilles, southern France , accompanied by a delegation and received by Hisham Maher, the Egyptian Consul General in southern France, and Archbishop Jean-Marc Eveline. Saint John Cassian lived at the fourth and fifth centuries in Romania and was strongly influenced by the Egyptian Orthodox monasticism.

Chamber of Tourism and Guides expressed anger at the decision of Luxor s governor to remove the Pharonic symbol Ankh from Hello Square in Luxor, which has ordered to remove it as soon as possible. They assured that it only symbolizes the other life and has nothing to do with the cross of Christianity.

Bishop Aghathon of Brazil will head to the Sydney Diocese on October 27 in a pastoral care visit that last till November 10. This comes during another pastoral care visit by Pope Tawadros II to Europe.

His Holiness Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, said on Friday during his visit to the Belgian Senate that the situation in Egypt is improving. He added that Egypt is carrying out a number of major development projects that will take Egypt among the developed country. He stressed that the Egyptian people live together in the spirit of the same family.

Samalout Churches in Minya Southern Egypt launched "House without cancer" campaign to teach people about how to protect their children from cancer. The Campaign is launched between 24 to 27 October , and will bring doctors from the Children s Cancer Hospital 57357 to lecture and answer all queries.