Administration of martyr Mina School was punished for refusing to use his name in formal letters.

Coptic Australian body in Sydney for heritage and social services called to demonstrate against the demolition of St. Mary Church in Sydney.

The dead body of a Coptic policeman was found at the ring road in Beni Mazar, Minya governorate.

Haitham Ghoniem, head of the organization of African Unity, hailed the position of Pope Tawadros II concerning the demonstrations before the White House.

Family House announced it will organize 13 seminars to raise awareness of youth about tolerance. This comes as part of the renewal of resinous discourse adopted by clergy in Egypt.

Sheikh Muhammad Abu Hatab, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Awqaf in Minya, called imams to renounce violence in their speeches.

Abba Paula, Bishop of Tanta, said that Coptic churches have signed the final draft of building churches law. Gamil Halim, the Legal Counsel of the Catholic Church, said that the law consists of eight articles to legalize building new churches. It gives the governors 4 month to examine the requests.

Dozens of Copts demonstrated in front of the White House in protest against the recent sectarian incidents in Upper Egypt.

French Interior Ministry announced on Monday the closure of 20 mosques and prayer hall that support extremism.

Under the auspices of Abba Arsanios, bishop of Minya, and Abba Makarios, the general bishop in Minya, a raise awareness campaign was held for children concerning sexual harassment.

Copts in Ismailia village, Minya governorate, had to pray in the open after their church was burned last week by fanatics.

Elaf Saudi website said that a referendum showed that the people think that the church is the most blamed party in recent sectarian incidents in Upper Egypt.

Abba Paul, Bishop of Tanta, said there is a major positive change to the law of building churches after meeting the president.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, called the Copts abroad to cancel demonstrations before the White House to renounce the recent sectarian attacks against Copts in Upper Egypt.

Coptic writer Kamal Zakher said that the Coptic church is going to cancel the ban on visiting Jerusalem soon.

Spokesman of the Coptic Orthodox church said that three Coptic bishops are going to attend the renovations of Deir El-Sultan monastery in Jerusalem.

A Coptic young man called Younan was found dead at the agriculture land in Samalout, Minya governorate, on his wedding eve.

North Minya court ramanded the custody of 19 accused for 15 days pending investigations in the sectarian attacks at Kom Loufy village.

Ahmed Abdel Tawab, Egyptian writer, said he doesn’t understand the visit of a delegation from the Committee of religious Affairs and Endowments in the House of representatives to Pope Tawadros in order to discuss the renewal of religious discourse.

Police in Minya arrested a gang that kidnapped a Coptic child on ransom in Minya.

Minya governorate delivered today 7 homes for Copts after they were restored by the armed forces. People in the village expressed their happiness for restoring their homes and the return of good relations with their Muslim neighbors.