Dr. Suzy Nashed, former MP, said that she visited Abba Pachomius with other electoral candidates to receive his blessings, and not his support in the upcoming elections.

Father David Nashid, Deputy of Samalout Diocese, told Copts United that the construction work has started at the church of the martyrs in Awr village.

Father Poulos Halim, spokesman for the Coptic Orthodox Church, said that the Church does not interfere in politics and stands at the same distance from all the candidates in the upcoming parliamentary elections.

Pope Francis prays for Christians of the Middle East calling to discard the escalating violence in the Middle East.

Anba Moussa, Bishop of Youth in the Coptic Orthodox Church, said that Pope Tawadros prevented the churches from supporting certain candidates in the upcoming parliamentary elections.

Father Royce Markos, Deputy of the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate in Alexandria, said that the church will not allow any candidate to hold electoral conferences or election propaganda inside the church.

The Ministry of Antiquities lost 90 percent of its financial resources and is running a “huge deficit”, said Minister of Antiquities Mamdouh al-Damati at a press conference in Kafr El-Sheikh.

Father Boulos Halim, spokesperson for the Coptic Orthodox Church, said the Coptic Orthodox Church in Britain was separated from the Patriarchate of Alexandria.

A new treatment regimen for hepatitis C is expected to hit the Egyptian market in November, in what the Ministry of Health has dubbed the “second generation of treatment,” Youm7 reported Saturday.

Egypt signed a deal with France Saturday to buy two Mistral warships originally ordered by Russia as French Prime Minister Manuel Valls began an Arab tour.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, arrived in Atlanta Airport in the United States of America for a pastoral care visit.

Sheikh Khalid al-Khader, Undersecretary of the Endowments Ministry in Qena, invited all citizens to participate in the upcoming parliamentary elections by voting.

Islamic group said in a statement that it would not participate in the upcoming parliamentary elections or support the Salafi Nour Party or any of the other parties.

Eyewitness in Galaa village, Samalout, Minia Governorate, told Copts United that 3 acres owned by Copts in Galaa were destroyed.

Pope Tawadros II, Patriarch of Saint Mark See, met today with nuns of the Virgin Mary and St. Demiana in Atlanta.

Coptic Orthodox Church in Switzerland celebrated on Tuesday the Feast of Saint Maurice, the Theban Legion battalion commander, at his church in Geneva.

Militants of the Islamic State executed 12 Christians near Halab in a brutal manner, including a twelve years old boy, after they had refused to deny their faith and embrace the Islamic religion.

Engineer Ashraf Thabet, member of the Presidential Council for al-Nour Party, claimed that there are no previous problems between the party and the Copts.

Cairo Criminal Court resumed this week the trial of 25 defendants on charges with planning for several terrorist attacks against tourists and Copts in Cairo.

Al-Nour ultra conservative party is currently facing its old fatwas to call the Copts infidels and inciting against them. They were also accused of despising the national anthem and trading on religion to achieve political interests.

For the first time, Abba Pachomios, bishop of Behira, ordained a virgin priest in the diocese.