Pope Tawadros II has acknowledged the first Coptic monastery in Canada, which is named after St. Antony. The 250-acres monastery will be opened next year in Perth, Ontario.

CAIRO: Khaled Youssef, member of the 50-member committee, said final voting on constitutional articles will be broadcast live starting Tuesday, in an interview with the Dream 2 channel.

It is with great excitement to announce to you the first Coptic Orthodox Monastery in Canada! St. Anthony’s Coptic Monastery will be located in Eastern Ontario in the city of Perth. H.H. Pope Tawadros II has blessed the purchase of 250 acres of land which includes ready-to-use building on the premises of the monastery.

The Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church decided in its meeting today to demand affirmative action for the Copts other than the Coptic quota.

Gen. Abdul Fattah al-Sisi, Egypt’s Minister of Defense, said that many countries that formerly supported the Muslim Brotherhood have realized now that June 30 was not a military coup, but a great revolution against bad regime.

Youssef R. Fanous, a Coptic Christian, said that thugs who support the Muslim Brotherhood in Nag Hammadi have taken over his mother’s shop under gun point.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, opened yesterday the new shrine of St. Athanasius at the great Cathedral of St. Mark in Abbassiya.

WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said that the Egyptian revolution was "stolen" from the youth who started it by the Muslim Brotherhood.

In a phone call with Pope Tawadros II, Dr. Hazem Beblawy, Egypt's Prime Minister offered his condolences for the victims of Dahshur railroad crossing.

Interior Ministry announced two people were arrested today on charges of shooting police officers in front of St. Philopatir Church in Kafr Ziat.

Security forces have arrested 2 people with grenades belong to the Qassam Brigades and four guns belong to Hamas in their possession in Zeiton neighborhood in Cairo.

President Adly Mansour said he won't run for the presidency, but will return to work at the Constitutional Court.

Egyptian presidency announced Wednesday a three-day period of mourning for the "martyrs of the nation", Al-Ahram Arabic website reported.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, inaugurated the media center of the Coptic Orthodox Church yesterday with a number of bishops.

His Eminence Metropolitan Ilarion of Volokolamsk, President of the Department of External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, said the international community has to react to the extermination of Christians and other religious minorities in the Middle East and countries of the Arab Spiring.

50-members committee to amend 2012 constitution announced it will discuss affirmative action tomorrow for some categories like the Copts in the upcoming parliament.

Copts in Qusiya are suffering as the gang of Ahmed K. Zawila and his sons has been threatening the Copts by burning their properties and kidnapping their children in case they don’t pay the due royalties.

Many Coptic organizations and movements have organized a protest in front of the Shura Council demanding the 50-members committee to amend the 2012 Constitution to grant affirmative action for women, youth and Copts.

Mohamed Mabrouk, national security officer and the main witness in Mohamed Morsy spying case, was shot dead yesterday in front of his house.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, encouraged new enthroned bishops to exert great effort in teaching the congregation.

Fifty-member committee to amend 2012 Constitution acknowledged an article to pass a law for building houses of worship.