Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and patriarch of St. Mark See, said in his weekly sermon yesterday that during the great lent, Christians should be concerned above all with prayers, and churches should be quite to encourage people to pray.

Gamal Metwally Abdel-Hamid, Arabic language teaching supervisor, have mocked teacher Nagwa Fouad before her students in Ibn Khaldoun primary school for not wearing a veil, and warned all other female teachers against not wearing veils.

Families of the four Copts accused of preaching Christianity in Libya told Copts United that the prosecutor in Tripoli has decided to remand their relatives in custody for a month.

KIMI Coptic organization in Austria has condemned burning Coptic church as well as many assaults against the Copts in Libya.

Pope Tawadros II has awarded Dr. Martin Schreiber “Wisdom and Compassion” award in the first annual anniversary for the departure of Pope Shenouda III.

Egyptian Council of Churches has issued a statement to condemn the attacks against the Coptic church in Libya as well as killing Ezzat Hakim on charges of preaching Christianity in Libya.

The prosecutor in Tripoli, Libya has decided to extend custody for 4 Coptic defendants charged with preaching Christianity in Libya for 6 days.

Copts United knew that the coffin of Ezzat Hakim, Egyptian Evangelical Christian who was tortured to death while spending 10 days in a Libyan jail in Benghazi, is going to arrive Cairo airport at 8:00 PM.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark See, participates tomorrow with a senior delegation from the Coptic Orthodox Church as well as a delegation from the Evangelical Church in Egypt in the enthronement celebration of Abba Ibrahim Isaac, Patriarch of the Coptic Catholic Church in Egypt.

Mohammed Anwar Sadat, head of Reform and Development party, denounced the decision of the Attorney General to grant citizens the authorities of judicial arresting, which will lead Egypt to a civil war.

Ragaa, wife of Ezzat Hakim, Coptic Christian who was tortured to death in Libyan prison on charges of preaching Christianity, said that she has fears that the forensic report about the death of her husband may be faked.

Ezzat Hakim Attallah, 45, was tortured to death in the Libyan prisons after he was accused of preaching Christianity in Egypt.

Kimi Coptic Austrian Organization has decided to boycott the upcoming elections scheduled on April.

After watching the documentary movie about the biography of His Holiness the late Pope Shenouda III “Shepherd”, Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, said that this movie comes as a historical documentary for the next generations.

Rev. Sameh Mouris, pastor of the Evangelical Church in El Dobara Palace, called the congregation in his sermon yesterday to fast with the Coptic Orthodox Church for three days.

A number of Coptic activists demonstrated today against the announcements of Pope Tawadros II to a private TV channel, in which he refused the calls to civil disobedience and called to give the president another chance.

Egyptian Lawyers Initiative has filed a lawsuit to the Attorney General against Abu Islam who insulted the Egyptian female demonstrators and called them naked whores...etc.

Dr. Andrea Zaki, Vice-President of the Evangelical Communion, said that the idea of the Egyptian Council of Churches has started three years ago in Cyprus, and it aims to unite the Egyptian Churches, yet respects their privacy, and it has nothing to do with politics.

Leaders of the Egyptian Churches came together today in order to inaugurate the Egyptian Council of Churches.

Engy Fadl Shafik, 17, was kidnapped when she was leaving her school at Dafash village, Samalout, Minya. Her father has reported the police, and the matter is still under investigations.

Egyptian media has given a great concern to the seminar organized by Copts United last Saturday in Cairo under the title: “Copts and women under MB rule”.