Abba Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark See, received yesterday head of the Evangelical Church in Scotland and his accompanying delegation.

The Coptic Orthodox Church announced that personal status law for Christians will be completed next month. This came after Pope Tawadros has met with Majdi Ajati, Minister of State for Legal Affairs, to discuss the unified law of houses of worship as well as the personal status law for Christians.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark See, inaugurated on Friday St. Stephen Cathedral in Qena.

Anba Daniel, bishop of Sydney, visited Consul General of the Embassy of Japan in Canberra, the Australian Capital, to communicate with the Japanese government about the services of the Coptic Orthodox Church in Japan.

Abba Makarios, bishop of Minya, said that the armed forces arrived today to the headquarters of St. Moussa Church in Minya to start rebuilding the church that was burned by the Muslim Brotherhood terrorist organization in August 14, 2013.

Parliamentary sessions are to remain off-air for 15 days until the representatives review the laws and presidential decrees made in the parliament’s absence. After this,live broadcasting will presume normally, parliamentary president Ali Abdel Aal said.

Egypt will see a sandstorm for 72 hours starting from Sunday, a part of an unstable weather wave that will extend to Tuesday, Youm7 reported.

A Portuguese court has decided to extradite an ex-CIA agent to Italy, where she has been convicted of involvement in the kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric under the U.S. "extraordinary rendition" programme, legal papers showed on Friday.

Father Thomas Fekry, priest of the church, said that the church includes a shelter and old age home that serves about one hundred people. He added that the government should have issued the permits instead of closing the church.

Abba Agathon, Bishop of Maghagha, reopened the Church of St. George and St. Philopatir in Minya. The armed forces have reconstructed the church after it was burned by supporter of the Muslim Brotherhood after the dispersal of Rabaa Adawia and Nahda sit-ins.

Fatwa House said that Muslims can’t ask God’s forgiveness for non-Muslims since they should go to hell as infidels.

Naguib Sawiris, founder of the Free Egyptians Party, started a website to fight unemployment and find jobs for young Egyptian people for free.

For the first time in history, an Egyptian court accepted a civil marriage of a Christian Egyptian couple. This was considered a shift in the Personal Status File Coptic Christians who couldn’t apply for civil marriage before.

A female student was arrested on charges of inciting against police and army and calling for demonstrations against the regime on January 25.

Al-Watan newspaper said that the diocese of southern United States has announced to organize a trip to visit the holy places in Jerusalem.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark See, inaugurated on Wednesday the church of St. Peter and St. Paul in Qena.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, arrived today to Qena Bishopric.

Coptic Church in Austria celebrates on January 23 the 16th anniversary of the departure of its founder Father Youhanna of Paramos monastery.

MTV Lebanon television reported about an incorrupt corpse of a priest that was buried 200 years ago in Bteghrine.

Abba Agathon, Bishop of Maghagha, opens the church of St. George and St. Philopatir in Belhasa village after its restoration after it was burned on August 14, 2013, after the dispersal of Rabaa Adawia and Nahda sit-ins.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark See, celebrated today the Holy Mass at Archangel Mikhail Church in Luxor.