The British Embassy in Cairo announced to start joint research with Egyptian in the field of cultural heritage. 300,000 £ will be offered for the partnership in the field of archeology and cultural heritage with universities, research centers, museums and NGOs.

Majdi Agati, Minister of Legal Affairs, said the parliament will discuss and pass the draft law of the law of building churches this week.

Pope held meeting with several bishops, priests and university professors to discuss ecclesiastical education. The meeting was held for 4 hours in the presence of bishops Raphael, Bishoy , Thomas and Serapion.

Pope to attend the special show of the movie "49 martyrs" on September 9th in the great cathedral of St. Mark in Abbasia.

A masked man who tried to slaughter the guard of St. Mary Church in Nozha, Heliopolis, Cairo, was shot dead right away by the other police man guarding the church.

The Economist magazine reported about the suffering of Copts in Egypt just like all Christian minorities in the Middle East.

In the presence of His Eminence Abba Pfnotious, bishop of Samalout, French choir performed at the Church of the two evangelists in Samalout.

Coptic churches held emergency meetings today to discuss bill of building churches after the recent amendments that allowed building churches without crosses or domes.

Sources in the Coptic Church said the Holy Synod will reject the bill of building churches as they believe it will cause more problems.

A masked man who tried to slaughter the guard of St. Mary Church in Nozha, Heliopolis, Cairo, was shot dead right away by the other police man guarding the church.

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi met with Sherif Ismail, the Prime Minister, on Monday, to discuss the bill of building churches.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, invited the Holy Synod to an emergency meeting on Wednesday to discuss the bill of building churches.

Heads of Coptic churches are receiving reports from representatives of Coptic churches concerning the bill of building churches.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, said that Coptic churches have no hardline religious discourse.

In his meeting with Muslim and Coptic youth in the great Cathedral of St. Mark, Pope Tawadros denounced statements of Donald Trump about Islam.

Aiman Abdul Moniem, governor of Sohag, canceled his decision to name a school after the Coptic martyr Capt. Ihab Ibrahim Georgi on a primary school in Nag Sawy, Tama.

Abb Makarios, Bishop of Minya, said the new law of building churches should make the process easier instead of complicating the process.

Coptic MP Emad Gad said that Egyptian government discriminates against the Copts. He added that he thought several times about resigning of the Parliament, but changed his mind since it would not help the situation.

Coptic churches are going to meet with the government to discuss the bill of building churches. Gamil Halim, a representative of the Catholic Church, said that the churches are going to discuss the new amendments that require security approvals to build a church.

Mohsen George, a member of the Coptic congregation council, said that new bill of building churches prevents building domes or crosses.

Thousands of Copts are visting the monastery of St. Mary in Drunka in Assiut to celebrate the feast of St. Mary at the place she visited in Egypt during the journey of the holy family to Egypt.