Nabil Anwar, lawyer of the church of St. George in Nazlet Hanna village, said that church is going to receive its new license in few hours.

Coptic Catholic Diocese of Minya celebrated the 150th anniversary of the foundation of St. Henna monastery for nuns Minya.

The Salafist call continued to publish fatwas prohibiting congratulating Copts on their feasts including Christmas. Naser Radwan, member of the Salafist Call, said that Christmas is feast of cursing God, and therefore, Muslims can’t congratulate the infidels on such feast.

Fire extinguishing unit in Mallawi could hardly extinguish fire at the Christian example church services building. Investigations said that the fire may have been caused by electricity and not a criminal act.

Mallawi Bishopric in Minya issued a statement to warn against drugs and dissolute dance at the day of marriage ceremony.

Somalia government decided to ban Christmas celebrations claiming they conflict with Islam and threaten it!

Abba Paula, Bishop of Tanta, held a conference for family at the church of St. George in Canada. Spokesperson of the Coptic Orthodox Church said that the bishop arrived in Toronto to hold a conference about family relations from Christian perspective for three days.

Abba Yousab, general bishop of Luxor attended today the funeral of Bishop Youannis, Bishop of the Catholic Church in Luxor, in St. George Church in Luxor.

Dr. Abadala Najar, Islamic scholar, said that Salafist prevention of congratulating Coptic Christians on their feasts is sort of extremism and violence.

Assiut criminal court sentenced 4 defendants to death penalty on charges of murder, kidnapping and resisting authorities.

Police in Assiut arrested 6 defendants on charges of kidnapping a Coptic child in Sahil Salim village, Assiut, for ransom.

Funeral of Bishop Youannis, Bishop of the Catholic Church in Luxor, will be held tomorrow in St. George Church in Luxor.

Several Coptic members of the Parliament announced they will demand unified law of Personal Affairs for Christians.

As usual, Shiekh Abdul Monem Shahat, spokesperson of the Salafist call, decided to congratulate the Copts on Christmas by preventing Muslims from congratulating them!

A group of Muslim scholars launched a campaign to congratulate Christians on Charismas. They assured that Christians are partners in the homeland, and they should share joys and sorrows with them.

Police in Damietta have arrested a terrorist cell on charges of planning for terrorist attacks on Christmas eve. Three members of the cell were arrested with weapons in their possession.

The Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Brighton, England, celebrated on Thursday evening, Christmas according to the Western church.

National Security Police in Beni Suef prevented a group of terrorist attacks by the Muslim Brotherhood against Police officers, Coptic figures and churches.

Archbishop Samir Nassar, Archbishop of Damascus of the Maronites, announced the opening of a new Maronite Church in Damascus, in January of 2016.

Political experts at the Study of War Institute confirmed that the next battlefield for ISIS will be Rome and London, followed by America, France and Germany then Australia.

The Criminal Court in western Tanta sentenced a police officer and lower ranking officer at Tanta police station to life in prison for “torturing a prisoner to death”.