A report was published in the Egyptian media explaining why the Coptic Orthodox Church allows Copts to eat Fish and seafood on the Christmas fast, except on Wednesdays and Fridays. The monastery of Saint Damiana in Belqas explained that the church allowed eating fish because the word fish is in the Greek language is almost the same as Jesus. Moreover, fish is considered the purest type of animal, because it self-reproduces, without mating, and is considered one of the least desirable types of meat. It is worth mentioning that Jesus Christ has conducted many miracles related to fish.

Father Georgios, priest of Abu Sven Church in Bassous, south of Qena Governorate, participated at the opening of the Al-Azhari Elementary Institute, which was considered a gesture of love to the Muslim community. Sheikh Ahmed Abdel Sayed, director of the institute, praised the participation of the priest, which came along with several officials of the governorate.

Ms. Estalia Faraj, who was injured at Al-Barsha village attack left hospital after receiving treatment and her situation became stable. A customary reconciliation sessions was held at Al-Barsha village crisis where clergy and senior officials came together to assure unity and refute sedition.

Like other sectarian incidents, people held customary reconciliation sessions causing the waste of rights. This scenario was repeated at Al-Barsha village crisis where clergy and senior officials come together to take photos to hide and acquit the defendants. Coptic activists assured that such customary reconciliation session waste the rights and prevent the application of the law, which opens the door to repeat the same attacks over and over without stop.

Osama Al-Qadi, Governor of Minya, inspected today the development of the second phase of the path of the Holy Family project in Samalout. He said that there are 3 projects in the tourism and antiquities sector in the governorate with a total cost of 225 million pounds, which includes the project of reviving the path of the Holy Family in the Deir Jabal Al-Tayer area in the Samalut Center, developing the Islamic Bahnasa Antiquities Zone in the Bani Mazar Center, as well as completing the project for the construction of the Atomic Museum in the Nile Corniche.

A number of Facebook pages started to incite attacks of Al-Barsha village and called to renew the attacks and to inflame sedition between Copts and Muslims in the village. The attacks started after a Coptic young man published an article on Facebook that was seen as insulting for Islam and Prophet Muhamed, extremists in the village attacked houses of the Copts and threw stones and Molotov cocktails shouting Allah Akbar.

Osama Al-Qadi, Governor of Minya, held a public meeting with a number of senior officials of the village of Al-Barsha in the center of Mallawi to follow up on the repercussions of the general situation in the village after the sectarian attacks. The attacks started after a Coptic young man published an article on Facebook that was seen as insulting for Islam and Prophet Muhamed, extremists in the village attacked houses of the Copts and threw stones and Molotov cocktails shouting Allah Akbar.

Bishop Demetrious of Mallawi and several bishops and clergy of the Coptic Orthodox Church cast their votes today at the run-off elections of the House of Representatives. Coptic Church had invited its congregation several times to participate in the elections and assure it doesn t favor certain candidates, but encourage practicing such political rights.

Archbishop Abraham of Fayoum ordained 18 new deacons and baptized a number of children at the monastery of St. Abraham in Azab. The new deacons are dedicated to the church of St. George in Abshway. Doing the Divine Liturgy, Abba Abraam inaugurated the altar vessels in the presence of a number of priests, deacons and servants.

Pope Tawadros II celebrated the 7th anniversary of the establishment of Coptic Orthodox Media Center. The celebration will be attended by few bishops as precautionary measure to prevent the spread of Corona virus.

Bishop Markos of Shubra al-Khaimah participated in the celebrations of St. George monastery in Rizigat in Luxor. The celebrations of the Monastery witnessed the application of the necessary precautionary measures to confront the Corona virus.

The Court of Cassation rejected the appeal of murderer of Father Samaan Shehata after he was sentenced to death penalty. The murderer Ahmed Said Ibrahim stabbed the priest to death in Cairo back in 2017.

The Muslim Brotherhood group issued a statement after the Democratic candidate, Joe Biden, won the US presidential election. In its statement, the group appreciated Biden s victory, and called on the new US administration to review what it described as "US policies of support for dictatorships.This comes after several Arab regimes banned the Muslim Brotherhood group and named it a terrorist group.

The Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the new Burj Al Arab in Alexandria decided to suspend Sunday school to prevent the spread of Corona virus. Archbishop Pachomius of Behira decided to hold fast liturgies while maintaining all precautionary measures.

The Interim Board of Trustees and HG Bishop Daniel, and with the support of His Eminence Metropolitan Tadros, a review of the Church Constitution and Property Trust Act for our Diocese was conducted. Statement issued by the Diocese said: In keeping with our commitment to transparency, the documents and recommended amendments are now being shared for feedback. It is worth highlighting that the only major change to the Constitution is a move from a sole Trustee structure, to a Board of 7 Trustees.

Bishop Hedra of Aswan and head of St. Pachomius monastery in Edfu stone ordained two new monks today at the monastery. The ritual of the prayers of the two new monks Kyrollos Al-Bakhoumi and Sedrak Al-Bakhoumi was held today with the participation of His Eminence Bishop Yoakim, the General Bishop of Esna and Armanit.

Bishop Abraam of Fayoum diocese launched a Marathon for reading the Bible for children with will allow children to read a chapter of the Holy Bible each day. The bishop will meet with the children later to discuss their questions and gives them his blessings.

St. Pachomius Al-Shayeb Monastery in Luxor mourned the departure of monk Samuel Al-Shayeb, who is one of the monks of the Monastery. The monk who died at the age of 56 years, had spent more than 17 years in monastic life. He was born in Alexandria on October 12, 1964, and joined the monastery on November 17, 1999, and was ordained on March 1, 2003, and was ordained a priest on December 7, 2013.

The families of Libya s martyrs denounced the scene in which little children were used to imitate the slaughtering scene of their children. Bebawy Youssef, brother of martyrs Tawadros, said that he was not happy to see the scene that didn t respect the innocence of the little boys and such scenes should not use little children.

The Director of the United States Agency for International Development John Parsa visited today the Church of the Martyrs in the village of al-Awar in Minya. Parsa expressed his great happiness to visit the church among the American delegation that visited Minya to meet with local USAID partners to support religious freedom and economic development in the region. The delegation included the Senior Advisor for International Religious Freedom, Ms. Samah Norquist, and Vice President Assistant Mrs. Sarah McCain.

Spokesman of the Coptic Orthodox Church said that Pope Tawadros II concluded his spiritual retreat in the Papal residence in St. Bishoy monastery in Wadil Natroun. Father Poulos Halim added that Pope returned to Cairo and held several meetings with several priests and their families.