Not long after the death of legendary actor Omar Sharif, fellow Egyptian acting legend Nour el Sherif passed away at the age of 69, reported Youm 7.

Father Abdelmaseh Albasit Abulkhair, priest of Virgin Mary Church in Mostorod, said that Virgin Mary's Festival is very important for both Christian and Muslims.

A coptic minor girl called Mary Magdy Attia, 17 years-old disappeared in a mysterious circumstances in Minya. Her family sent a distress to General Magdy Abdel General Magdy Abdel Ghaffar, Minister of the interior, telling him about the disappearance of their minor daughter asking him to find their daughter.

Criminal Investigation Directorate in Bani Sweif were reported that two houses where owned by Copts in Alfashn village, were burned, which caused damages in both the two houses.

National Security Police directed a security crackdowns around Giza governorate, which led to the arrest 3 escaped defendant.

The Coptic Church in the Netherlands held a great celebration on the occasion of opening the New Suez Canal under the auspices of the Bishop of the Diocese, Abba Arsani.

On the evening of the first Sunday of August, Pantanassa Monastery together with the Parish of St Catherine’s Mascot, presented an information evening to inform the faithful on the wider implications of the proposed amendment to the definition of ‘marriage’ in the Marriage Act (1961). It specifically addressed religious, social, legal and educational consequences that such legislation would have if approved. You can now watch a video of all four presentations below or download the audio.

A bomb was exploded today morning, in Court Square in Heliopolis.

Security forces carried out security crackdown in Fayoum led to the arrest of a wanted man who belongs to the terrorist organization of Muslims brotherhood called Abdul Salam Atiya.

Giza Governorate's prosecutor decided the imprisonment of a Coptic man called Medhat Isaac, who was accused of distributing Holy Bibles in front of a commercial center in October 6 city.

National Security Police arrested 9 leaders of the terrorist group who were accused in many crimes such as destruction of public and private institutions, and inciting hatred.

Abdullah Boshra, lawyer, said that although the case of Maher Fayez Habib, the accused Coptic boy of contempt of Islam, was supposed to be referred to trial, but the oppositions Court judge in Beni Suef decided to remand his custody for 15 days.

Minya security forces succeeded in releasing four kidnapped Copts.

Two 3,400 year-old mummies of an ancient Egyptian architect and his spouse have undergone an unusual process of mummification but still in a very good state of preservation, researchers at the UK’s University of York told Plos One Journal.

The editor-in-chief of an Egyptian newspaper was prevented on Saturday from leaving the country by Cairo airport authorities because he failed to present a judge's permission to leave the country while facing a court trial.