Dr Hilali Sherbini, Minister of Education, opened investigation to case of Coptic principal Mirvat Sefin, who was promoted to a school principal, but students demonstrated against the appointment of a Christian principal.

Abba Anthony, Bishop of Jerusalem, celebrated yesterday his first Mass in St. Mary Church in Bethlehem. Spokesman for the Coptic Orthodox Church said that several bishops participated in the Holy Mass after they participated in the enthronement ceremony of the bishop including Abba Pfnotios, Bishop of Samalout, Abba Justus, head of St. Anthony monastery in the Red Sea, Abba Daniel, Bishop of Sydney, and Abba Daniel, head of the monastery of St. Shenouda the Archimandrite in Australia.

Fuad Masum, the Iraqi president, told Pope Tawadros during his visit to the Papal residence that Christians are an integral component in Iraq.

Youth Bishopric announced it’s going to celebrate the fourth anniversary of Pope Shenouda’s departure. The celebration is held in cooperation with the Coptic Cultural Centre under the title "teacher of generations”

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark See, gave his legal adviser Monsef Naguib Suleiman 24 hours to review the draft of new personal status law dedicated for the Coptic Christians.

Bishop Mounir Hanna, head of the Episcopal Church in Egypt and North Africa, said that it is difficult for all Coptic denominations to agree on a unified personal status code.

Abba Serapion, Bishop of Los Angeles, said the Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church acknowledged abandonment for five years as reason for divorce.

Abba Arsany, Bishop of the Netherlands, ordained two new priests to minister in the Coptic Orthodox church in Holland and Belgium.

Abba Youhanna, Bishop of Northern Giza, ordained two new priests at St. Mary and St. Mina Church in Warraq.

Abba Anthony, Bishop of Jerusalem, celebrated today the first Holy Mass in the Holy Land. The new bishop was enthroned yesterday in Jerusalem in the presence of the congregation, leaders of the other denominations and officials.

Dr. Mohamed Mukhtar Juma, minister of religious endowments, announced that 70 new mosques opened in two months.

Dr. Abdel-Moneim Fouad, professor of religion and philosophy at Al-Azhar University, denounced a campaign by Dr. Amna Nosir, member of the House of Representatives, to prevent niqab by law.

Egypt’s Minister of Justice promised to solve crisis of Minya children after a group of MPs met with him on Thursday to discuss the crisis of Minya children who were sentenced to five years in prison on charges of contempt of Islam.

Coptic churches will be celebrating daily late masses at the Great Lent from 1 to 3 p.m.

This week Egypt's parliament will hold final debates on the new set of parliamentary bylaws that will regulate the conduct of its MPs over the next five years, including articles that specify MPs' salaries.

An Egyptian student in the US has agreed to leave the country after authorities arrested him for a Facebook comment allegedly threatening to kill US Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump, according to the NBC news network.

A parliamentary committee will begin investigations with MP Kamal Ahmed over throwing his shoes at recently-dismissed lawmaker Tawfik Okasah sunday, Youm7 reported.