Father Polous Halim, spokesman for the Coptic Orthodox Church, said in a statement that the Orthodox churches including Armenian, Syriac, Ethiopian, and Eritrean churches have celebrated the holy mass for the sister Orthodox Churches.

Copts celebrated this week the feast of consecrating the church of St. George in his monastery in Mit Damsis in the presence of Abba Bishoy, Bishop of Kafr el-Sheikh, Abba Dawoud, Bishop of Mansoura, and Abba Salib, Bishop of Mit Ghamr.

Dr. Hisham Abdel-Hamid, a spokesman for the Forensic Medical Authority, denied there was any pressure on state officials to change the provisions of the forensic report in the case of Mary Malak who got Zero in the secondary school.

Egyptian community in Australia and New Zealand demanded the authorities in the country to stop the broadcast of Al Jazeera via satellite and cables as they adopt the extreme ideas of the Muslim Brotherhood and support this terrorist organization.

One of the monks of the monastery of St. Makarios of Alexandria, Fayoum, said that Arab Contractors Company sent yesterday equipment to pave a pathway inside the monastery of Rayan Valley. Then, the monks showed the engineers of the company documents that prove the monastery has several antiquities that could be destroyed by this work.

Copts in Qena celebrated yesterday the feast of Anba Takla in the presence of Abba Takla, Bishop of Dishna, and priests of the diocese.

21 acres owned by Copts in Galaa village were destroyed and set on fire by unknown people in 8 months in Galaa village, Minya. However, police have charged nobody with the attacks!

A customary reconciliation session was held on Friday between Muslim and Coptic families in Sharona Island, Minya, where both families decided to wavier the police reports in order to release 9 defendants arrested in the clashes.

Wahid Shenouda, coordinator of protest against wrong way to handle church financial problems in front of St. Mark Cathedral in Abbasiya on September 9 denied the protest is against the Pope, and assured that it comes to fix wrong situation in the diocese and Personal Status Law.

5 people were injured and 8 were arrested in sectarian clashes between Muslims and Christians in Sharona village in Minya.

Security forces in Cairo managed to arrest the most dangerous element accused of kidnapping the Copts in Nag Hamadi.

President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi will start a tour of Asia on Sunday, visiting Singapore, China and Indonesia, the presidency said in a statement on Saturday.

Sixteen people, led by a former officer who had been fired, were referred Saturday by the prosecution to a “terrorism-specialized” court after they “were proven to have been in touch” with the Islamic State group (IS,) Youm7 reported.

Peter Greste in absentia and Mohamed Fahmy were sentenced to 3 years in prison, while their Egyptian colleague Baher Mohamed was sentenced to 3.5 years in prison Saturday morning for “reporting false news.”

Coptic Orthodox Church invited Coptic young people to participate in a survey to know what they need from the church, and encourages them to talk about their problems and how the church can help solving them.

Maspero Youth Union refused calls by some people to demonstrate against the Church on September 9 to achieve a list of demands to put pressure on the church.

Copts of Egypt coalition denounced calls to demonstrate against the church leaders on September 9 assuring that they only aim to make a cheap show or bargain.

A young Coptic man was killed in a quarrel with Muslim neighbors in Minya. Ashraf Thabet, 33 years old, was killed affected by his wounds after he was stabbed several times by a knife. Police were reported and the matter is currently under investigation.

Dr. Abdullah Bushra, lawyer for the Coptic child was accused of contempt of Islam "Maher Fayez Habib" said that reports of national security police assured that he was provoked by Muslim young people who insulted Christianity first.