Abba Ighnatious, Bishop of Suez who served the diocese for 35 years, died yesterday after long disease battle.

Abba Makarkous, bishop of Minya, said that Army has started its first stage of rebuilding the demolished Churches in Minya.

After the Muslim Brotherhood was named a terrorist group by the Egyptian government, the dissident group of the Muslim Brtherhood warned against new terrorist attacks by the group or its supporters.

Dr. Tharwat Kherbawi, dissident leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, said that the founder of the Muslim Brotherhood founded it as a terrorist group that uses violence and trade on religion.

In his meeting today with security leaders, Egypt's Interior Minister promised new security enhancements to face potential terrorist attacks by the terrorist groups including the Muslim Brotherhood.

Police said today that a conscript has leaked information about the meeting of police leaders in Mansoura, which was used to decide the time of the terrorist attack using truck bomb.

Dr. Yasser Borhami, vice president of the Salafist call, has denounced the violence of the Muslim Brotherhood and its supporters against the Egyptians and facilities of the state.

Sinai-based militant group, Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis, promised new terrorist attacks against security headquarters aiming to support Islam against its enemies!

Victims of Abductions and Enforced Disappearances Association is to organize a protest on December 28 to demand the release of kidnapped Coptic minors and women.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, has visited Abba Gregory III Laham, Patriarch of the Roman Catholics in Egypt, Syria, Lebanon and the Holy land to congratulate him on Christmas.

After the Muslim Brotherhood had announced it’s unlawful to congratulate the Copts on their feasts calling them “infidels”, Freedom and Justice Party, the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood, has congratulated the Copts on Christmas.

The Coptic Orthodox Church has issued a statement today to deny Pope Tawadros was physically attacked by members of the Muslim Brotherhood in Germany.

Tharwat Kherbawi, the former leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, said that the Muslim Brotherhood is trading on Islam, and know nothing about God.

Mohammed Ibrahim, Egypt's Minister of Interior, held press conference today in which he congratulated the Coptic Christians on Christmas as well as the new year.

In its statement, the Salafi Front had decided to boycott referendum on the amended constitution describing it as a “forged document made by the government of a military coup”.

Abram Louis, founder of Victims of Kidnapping Association, said that authorities in Egypt should grant “religious advice and guidance sessions” for any person who is willing to convert to Islam in order to save their families and reassure them about their children.

Abba Armia, member of the Holy Synod, said that Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, has arrived to Germany in a pastoral visit to the Coptic congregation there after he left Austria.

Gen. Abdul Fatah al-Sisi, Egypt’s minister of defense, asked NGOs to provide available lists for street children in order to get them enrolled in military technical schools saying this should enable them to participate in developing their country and solve many problems.

Michele Bachman, member of the U.S. House of Representatives, said that the American government will have to name the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization in case the Egyptian government does.

Egyptian writer Farida Shobashy demanded today to ban the Islamic headscarf in Egypt after a woman wearing niqab had killed a taxi driver who tried to get through a demonstration of the Muslim Brotherhood in Mansoura.

A group of gunmen has attacked St. George Church in Barba village, Assiut.