His Eminence Abba Markos, Archbishop of Shubra al-Khaima, received Ivon Imad after returning safe to her family. The girl has disappeared for days before police managed to return her. Archbishop Markos and the diocese thanked all security services for doing their best to return the disappeared daughter of the church.

The family of the minor Coptic girl, Ivon Emad, who was reported missing in Shubra al-Khaymah in Qalyubia, confirmed that their daughter returned safe by the Alexandria Security services. The family added that her father had received Ivon in Alexandria after finishing the procedures. Ivon declared her Christian faith and thanked God for saving her soul from the evil plan of kidnapping her.

The Monastery of the Virgin Mary al-Muharraq in Qusiya in Assiut announced it will be closed during the fasting of the Christimas during week days and it will only be opened during weekends. Coptic monasteries are used to take extra procedures during fasting like preventing visitors to allow monks to have spiritual and quite time of worship.

Anba Begoul, Bishop and Head of the Monastery of the Virgin Mary Al Muharraq in Qusiya, opened the Holy Family Cultural Center. The opening ceremony was attended by Anba Theophilis, Bishop of Manfalut And the monks of the monastery. It is decided that the cultural center in Deir Al Muharraq will be dedicated for holding conferences, seminars, workshops and giving lectures.

The Coptic Orthodox Church celebrated today the eighth anniversary of the enthronement of Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark See. The celebration was attended by Bishops Bavli, Ilarion, and Hermina of Alexandria. It is worth mentioning that Pope was enthroned on the papal chair on November 18, 2012.

Bishop Isaac of Tima celebrated today the feats of St. George, which commemorates the establishment of the first Church on his name, which was in Palestine. The celebration was held with the participation of the congregation and priests of the diocese, amid precautionary measures to prevent the spread of Corona virus.

The monastery of St. George in Rizeigat in Luxor concluded its celebrations that lasted for 11 days. The participants celebrated the feast of establishing the first church on the name of St. George, which was in Palestine. The celebration was headed by Bishops Hedra of Aswan, Markos of Shobra al-Khaimah, Bemen of Naqada and Youannis of Assiut. It was held amid precautionary measures to prevent the spread of Corona virus.

Muslims and Christian clergy in Minya held a meeting of the initiative of making peace and dialogue to discuss how to activate principle of peaceful coexistence and changing some misconceptions in the society. The initiative called to remove religion from national ID in order to get rid of extremism and unite the Egyptian people.

After almost five years of the attack, defendants accused of attacking Copts in Karm village in Minya and stripping an old woman nude in the streets before dragging her were arrested. The case dates back to the year 2016, when Nazeer Ishaq Ahmed Abdel-Hafez, Abdel-Moneim Ishaq Ahmed Abdel-Hafez, and Ishaq Ahmed Abdel-Hafez attacked her to take revenge after a rumor spread about a romantic relationship between her son and a Muslim woman in the village.

Bishop Isaac of Tima celebrated today the feats of St. George, which commemorates the establishment of the first Church on his name, which was in Palestine. The celebration was held with the participation of the congregation and priests of the diocese, amid precautionary measures to prevent the spread of Corona virus.

The monastery of St. George in Rizeigat in Luxor concluded its celebrations that lasted for 11 days. The participants celebrated the feast of establishing the first church on the name of St. George, which was in Palestine. The celebration was headed by Bishops Hedra of Aswan, Markos of Shobra al-Khaimah, Bemen of Naqada and Youannis of Assiut. It was held amid precautionary measures to prevent the spread of Corona virus.

Muslims and Christian clergy in Minya held a meeting of the initiative of making peace and dialogue to discuss how to activate principle of peaceful coexistence and changing some misconceptions in the society. The initiative called to remove religion from national ID in order to get rid of extremism and unite the Egyptian people.

The Archdiocese of Mallawy canceled part of St. George festival celebration due to the spread of Corona virus. Bishop Dmetrios of the diocese issued a decision to allow only 25% of the capacity of the churches to attend the celebration.

Bishop Wissa of Kosheh and Baliana celebrated the Holy Mass at the Coptic church of St. George in Rome with Bishop Bernaba of Turin and Rome. This comes during his pastoral care visit to Rome where he held a meeting with the congregation.

One of the largest Austrian newspapers prepared a report on Dr. Ghada Wali Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Director of the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime and director of the headquarters of the International Organization in Vienna. She is the first woman to head the United Nations Agency in Vienna, which is the third official headquarters of the United Nations along with New York and Geneva. Egypt s Minister of Social Solidarity Ghada Wali has been chosen to become the new director-general of the United Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV) and the executive director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).

Bishop Benjamin of Menofia denied reports about changing the Christian Faith Law. He explained that the law was written by fathers of the church many years ago and nobody can make a slight change to it.

Copts in Bir al-Abd city appealed to police to investigate and return the kidnapped man Nabil Habashi in Bir al-Abed in North Sinai in spite of the extra security measures taken in the city to face the terrorists. Son of the kidnapped man had appealed to the President to intervene to find his father who works in trading and has a good relationship with everybody, according to his son.

Armed men kidnapped a Coptic man called Nail Habashi in Bir al-Abed in North Sinai in spite of the extra security measures taken in the city to face the terrorists. Son of the kidnapped said his father works in trading and has a good relationship with everybody.

13 Copts won the second phase of the House of Representatives elections, which includes the governorates of Cairo, Delta and East Canal. The second phase included 6 governorates (Cairo, Qalyubia, Dakahlia, Menoufia, Gharbia, Kafr El Sheikh.

The Giza Criminal Court decided today to punish Muhammad Shawqi Sayed in re-trial procedures and sentenced him to 10 years in prision. The man was accusing among 71 defendants of burning the Kafr Hakim Church in Kerdasa. It is worth noting that all of the defendants in this case were sentenced in absentia to life imprisonment before they were arrested and applied for a re-trial of their trial procedures.

The European Union of Coptic Organizations for Human Rights EUCOHR offered condolences to the family of Gerges Baroumi, who was oppressed and sentenced to imprison, for the death of his father. The Union demanded the release of Gerges after spending most of his punishment.