The true prayer is the awakening to the remembrance of God as it is written, "Watch and pray". When the mind wakes up, it doesn t go astray and prefers to stick to the Lord through prayers. Pope Tawadros II in his article entitled "Prayer is our strength" explained that short prayers should include the name of the Lord Jesus Christ unceasingly. Its basic words are: "My Lord Jesus Christ have mercy on me the sinner".

Finally president Sisi ordered the government to withdraw the appeal from the court against and give the pension deserved to the old people. No doubt that this step is coming while we are close to amend the constitution so Sisi wants to get some support from the people in that difficult time.

At the world is celebrating the International Day of Happiness, I decided to write about happiness in the world. Happiness as we know is positive or pleasant emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy. Religions apparently aim to achieve happiness in a way or another and this appears in Nirvana of Buddhism. In Advaita Vedanta of Hinduism, the ultimate goal of life is happiness. Serving God in Judaism is a way of happiness or simcha‎ "worship The Lord with gladness; come before him with joyful songs," (Psalm 100:2).

When we provide evidence that Christians have no hand at all in the events of terrorism, this is not a sign of weakness, but rather to demonstrate to the extremists that Chrsitianity teaches us love since God is love. I wonder about those who believe that God has ordered people to kill and hate like Wagdi Ghoniem, Borhami, Qaradawy, Mohamed Hassan and Howainy, who offend the faith that they preach since they only speak evil. God asked David, in both the Bible and Quraan, to judge fairly among the people. Then it is the job of people in charge to be fair in order to avoid punishment of God. However, the biggest challenge lies before the teachers and clergy who instruct other people.

New Zealand is one of the countries that have not experienced terrorist incidents since its foundation in 1907. It knows nothing a bout terrorism, anti-terrorism law, mass killing, laws that incite religious hatred and racism, and has never been afraid of Islamophobia, as the United Nations and the Islamic countries claimed. It rather allowed Muslims to establish mosques in its city, the Church of Christ. Moreover, it protected them and granted them asylum to save them from being persecuted in their countries. Members of the Security Council condemned the horrific and cowardly terrorist attack on the mosques of New Zealand on March 15th, 2019, during which 49 people were killed and dozens were injured. Members of the Security Council, headed by France at the current session, added in a statement that all countries have to combat by all means and in conformity with the Charter of the United Nations the threats to international peace and security. This was the pretext for establishing military alliances from countries and contracting them with armed groups established by states, just as Saudi Arabia and its alliances have made up the Islamic Army for the war on terror in Yemen. You have established the organization of the Islamic State in Iraq and al-Qaeda before it, which produced more than 11 terrorist organizations. The number of terrorist organizations established by Islamic countries and UN member states is much higher than that of countries Members of the United Nations. Shame on you to issue such statements since your motive of condemnation is the special benefit for the members of the Security Council.

Pope Shenouda III was a source of inspiration for Egyptian Copts with his prestige, courage, firmness and determination. He was an outstanding wise man whose knowledge was impressive. Moreover, he was funny and long suffering as well as very sensitive. During his period, the Church faced many conflicts and problems, but he treated them with wisdom and could manage the situation with the least amount of losses. His Holiness was stronger than all the events and all tribulations that descended upon the Church. During his time, the Church was stable and peaceful. Pope Shenouda was a brilliant politician who knew how and when to oppose and how to speak. His weekly sermon was expected every week by his beloved congregation. At certain time, he decided to lock himself in the monastery to pray, which raised the anger of President Sadat. His relationship with President Mubarak was good and based on common interests, whether political or religious. Pope Shenouda left his troubles to be carried by his successor Pope Tawadros, may God help him to bear such great burden, troubles and unrest.

After Saudi Arabia admitted killing The journalist jamal khashoggi will Egypt admit killing the Italian student Rogeny? This is a big question and the answer should only known by the Egyptian authority Everyone know that Rogeni killed by security people and after same accident happened to the Saudi Journalist everyone thought that this is the right time to admit Killing the student and try to introduce the killers to justice.

Rumors have spread on the social media that a number of bishops are moving against Pope Tawadros aiming to oust him. They explained that a number of bishops and clergy are secretly collecting signatures for that purpose. The murder of Bishop Epiphanius and sentencing 2 monks to death penalty was a strong debate and motivation to such campaign as well as claims that Pope Tawadros II was not elected fairly.

All religions, messengers and prophets agreed that peace is a constant of religions since they aim to achieve peace and security and to prevent all terrorism and violence. Throughout history, terrorism has used religion to cover its ugly face, which led to conflicts and wars and caused human tragedies all over the world. Peace is agreement, tolerance, coexistence, harmony and stability on local or international scale. It is a desirable situation that countries hold treaties in order to achieve peace.

The rule of law in our country means that the law is applied equally on the citizens. This law states that a wife can t get married to two people at once. In that case, she will be accused of adultery and getting married to two people. This is the case when the husband is a Muslim man, but when he is a Coptic Christian man, then the case is different. The Christian woman in our story decided to abandon her husband and her children and get married to a Muslim man. Now, she decided to return to her village and humiliate her husband and children under the protection of the law! This happens in the year 2019 which is a great insult for the rule of law and equality in Egypt.

Arab leaders dont give their people any chance to choose and they force them to accept what they want. From Sudan, Algeria, Syria to Egypt, there is no much choices people have. In Sudan, the president divided the country between North and south, trying to capture all the opposition and put then in the prison.

Ali Basha village in Minya is expected to be a witness on great tolerance or massive sectarian strife! Sectarian clashes are expected this time after a Muslim man and his wife who converted into Islam decided to return to the village and dwell in the house next to her family. 7 Coptic families in the village left their homes fearing potential attacks of the extremists, after her conversion was celebrated and praised by the extremists who enjoy taking pride in such conversion and insulted her family and their faith. Today, her father sent a letter to president Abdul Fattah al-Sisi asking him to prevent the return of his daughter, which is expected to ignite serious clashes. It is known that the situation in Upper Egypt and especially in Minya is not that good since we hear every now and then about some clashes between Muslims and Christians. Minya is a place where Coptic homes are attacked over rumors of romantic relationship between a Coptic man and a Muslim woman. Extremists break into houses and destroy them over rumors about turning it into churches. It also witnessed the very first demonstration refusing to appoint a Coptic governor. Now, we can’t expect the people to have such unprecedented tolerance and accept having their daughter staying in the home of a Muslim man agains their will, and reply with a smile on those who try to provoke them and mock them for such sensitive case which is taken as honor issue in that community.

After the American actor from Egyptian origins Ramy Malek won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in the film Bohimian Rhapsody , he declared his Egyptian origins in front of the whole world at the happiest night of his life. On the other side of the world, people with Wahbi ideologies decided to do their best to destroy the celebration by claiming that Rami and his movie is trying to promote homosexuality and destory the morals of the youth of the Arab world. Members of the House of Representatives and media presenters adopted that conspiracy theory, but other illuminated people invited the Oscars winner to visit Egypt to promote tourism. Human Rights Watch said that the Egyptian authorities celebrates Ramy Malek, but can t show the film in Egyptian theaters without deduction of several scenes. It added that Mercury would have been sent to jail in Egypt according to the fight against immorality and debauchery just like 76 people were imprisoned last year. It should be known that art is used to deliver messages and make change, and many Egyptian actors appeared in movies as terrorists, gays, drug dealers, and harlots, but they have never been accused of inciting any of that. However, they may think that art aims to spread religion just like they linked the success of Muhamed Salah in football to his religion!

Egypt in my opinion will not have stability and development in all aspects of life before we face these three challenges: Terrorism, corruption and negligence. We shall begin with political reconciliation and the reunification of all Egyptians on the basis of citizenship, renunciation of violence, respect for law and the court of justice. The Egyptians have borne the difficult economic reforms, calls for the renewal of religious discourse and coexistence, and the empowerment and support of women, youth and Christians. However, the whole world is talking about serious abuses and violations that are documented by reports and testimonies. We continue to deny and reject all advice and call this our culture and traditions, which are different from the Western world!

The conspiracy theory is usually adopted by the Arab societies and especially by the weak people who cant afford to face their problems. For many people, such theory is an effective way to be famous. Moreover, it gets those who believe in it to refuse all contradicting facts and think they know the absolute truth. Today, many Coptic people think that the murder of Bishop Epiphanius, head of St. Makar monastery, by two monks was based on a conspiracy theory. This reminded me of the most famous conspiracy theory spread in the Arab region for the last two decades, which is the attacks of September 9, 2001. Many people decided to take away the accusations of the leader of al-Qaeda, Osama bin Laden, and to accuse the Zionist movements and the CIA of planning for the attack. Those people ignored the confessions of bin Laden in which he declared that he planned for the attacks. They refused all clear facts and solely accepted their illusions. Many Coptic people did the same concerning the murder of Bishop Epiphanius refusing to accept the confessions of the monks since they refuse to accept that some monks may commit such crimes. Christianity is indeed a religion of tolerance and purity and it is clear that committing such crimes and sins by Christens or even monks doesnt offense religion since we are weak people. Many Muslims refused to accept the

With every accident happens in Egypt we see that simple Egyptians pay the price of this careless accidents whatever this accident was a train accident or a boat accidents. In all countries there is something called a code of work and a code of ethics which control people from doing the wrong while they are at work and at the same time find a way to compensate victims if anything bad happened.

The Lord Jesus was an example of practical love, suffering for us and carrying our pains as the Holy Bible says: Bear one another s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. (Galatians 6:2) As Christ bore our burdens, so we are committed to this approach to bear the burdens of one another. Thus, Father John Nassif, priest of the Church of Our Lady of Chicago, told us in his article, Remember the prisoners that Brotherly love begins with the feeling of one another as members of one body. Losing one s love will lead to lack of feeling for one another. We should get in touch with people suffering like those in prison or hospitals. The prisoners are not only those who are in actual prisons, but those who are trapped in their sins and bad habits. We should seek their salvation, just like ours, like Jesus Christ showed us.

Dr. Hisham Abdul Jalil Sayed is an Egyptian doctor who worked in the Saudi Kingdom at a village called Al-Shunana in Al-Qassim. He used to work hard for 12 hours a day at the Medical Family Center. The people of the village respected him and even loved him for his great loyalty and dedication. When he died, more than 3,000 people attended his funeral and many of them visited his family in Egypt to offer their sincere condolences and to offer money for them. Sayed used to visit the patients in their homes, and therefore, the family of the village refused to transfer him to another place in the Saudi Kingdom. May God repose his soul and bless his family by the inheritance he left to his children of love of the people. He was a great man from Alexandria whom I was honored to write this article about.

Egyptian international star Rami Malik won the Oscar for his role in the film Bohemian Rhapsody in which he represented the famous singer Freddie Markouri. It was a great success, and Malik has won several prizes before he got the Oscars. In fact, this event was call of happiness and positive energy to the majority of Egyptian young people for several reasons: First of all, he is the youngest actor to get the Oscars at this age and he was able to overcome all obstacles. Moreover, he is the first Egyptian or Arab to win such a prestigious prize. His Arab background was such a great challenge before his acceptance in that career. Yet, some of the wretched people who used to steal the joy of other people as well as their positive energy started to spread their misery assuring Rami is not even Egyptian, which contradicts with Rami s description of himself as well as the reports of international media that called him the Egyptian pharaoh. If we accepted such nonsense that he is not even an Egyptian, we wouldn t consider Majdi Yaqub, Dr, Ahmed Zewail, Dr. Farouk Al-Baz and other international figures that kept the Egyptian identity. I would like here to assure that Rami had to face many obstacles in his way before he achieves such success. This success that was achieved by toil, dream and hard working. Let Rami achieve more and more success and let you, the wretched, suffer your misery.