Bishop Bernaba of the diocese of Turin, Rome and Genoa, signed the final contract for the Church of the Great St. Antony in Genoa, Italy.
On the other hand, Abba Antoinus, Archbishop of the Egyptian Orthodox Church in the Holy Land and the Near East, revealed that His Holiness Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and the Patriarch of St. Mark See, is going to visit Iraq to inspect the Copts living there.