A Coptic woman called Mary Jamil survived slay attempt in Warraq, Cairo, after a fanatic called Mamdouh has dragged her in the street and attacked her with white weapon.

Hozan Merza, a Saudi lecturer at King Abdulaziz University started an initiative in Saudi Arabia to encourage men to get married to four women. Men who get married to 3 women will be granted the fourth for free.

A number of displaced Coptic families have returned to their homes in Arish after the city restored its safety, said Bishop of North Sinai.

Copts in Forn Chruch celebrate the first Holy Mass in the new church of St. Mary and Archangel Michael in Forn village. The priests and congregation were very happy to celebrate the feast of Archangel Michael at the same occasion.

Abba Paula, Bishop of Tanta, said for the first time in his life, the Egyptian government have positive attitude towards the Copts. He added during his meeting with members of the delegation of the National Council for the Care of the Families of Martyrs and Victims that Copts are enjoying what they did not enjoy before in Egypt.

French Interior Minister promised to prevent Muslims from praying on the streets. This came after several members of the Parliament considered such prayers unacceptable usage of public spaces. More than 100 French MPs demonstrated against holding Islamic prayers in the streets.

President Abdul Fattah Al-Sisi received a delegation of leaders of the evangelical denominations who are visiting Egypt to participate in the celebration of 500th anniversary of the religious reform movement and the establishment of the Evangelical community. President said that eliminating terrorism requires concerted effort of the international community and the adoption of an effective strategy in that account.

Coptic Orthodox Church announced today the death of Father Abdul Malak of St. Paula monastery. The monk served the monastery of St. Anthony in Jerusalem.

Four employees in Egyptian public communication company were arrested on charges of joining terrorist group and embracing Takfiri thought. The prosecution accused them of forming a cell that espoused Takfiri ideology and joining the terrorist organization of ISIS aiming to destabilizing the public peace and carrying out acts of hostility against Copts and army.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, said after the ordination of the new bishops that Bishop task is a great responsibility rather than honor. He added that a bishop should be modest and shepherd who cares for his children everywhere. Pope said that ego and selfishness are the main enemies of the ministry.

Esam Bedewy, Governor of Minya, started a plan to develop the route of the holy family in Minya in cooperation with several organizations and institutions. This came after the area was announced a tourism place for Christian pilgrimage from all over the world.

4 new monks were ordained at St. Paula monastery in the Red Sea by Abba Daniel, Bishop of the monastery, Abba Antonious, Bishop of Jerusalem, Abba Youstos, Bishop of St. Anthony monastery, Abba Kyrilous, Bishop of Nag Hammadi, Abba Youannis, Bishop of Assiut, Abba Aghathon, bishop of Brazil, and Abba Youssif, Bishop of Bolivia. 3 more monks were ordained priests as well.

Coptic Orthodox Church in Benha and Quesna started its education development project entitled ‘the heritage of our church.. spirit and life’. The project aims to train 1000 church leaders including priests and ministers.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, received new Italian ambassador to Egypt Giampaolo Cantini in the papal headquarter at the Cathedral of St. Mark in Abbassia. During the meeting, they discussed the recent activities and expansion of the Coptic Orthodox Church.

Abba Markos, Bishop of Shubra el-Kheima, said that police have taken extra security measures to secure the church of Pope Cyril and Habib Gerges after receiving threats. He added that the fanatics claim the church is not yet legalize, but they have applied for the legalization process two month ago.

Coptic priest Father Makari Younan was acquitted by court decision after he was accused of defamation of Islam. The priest has replied to a Muslim Sheikh called Salem Abdul Jalil who described Christianity as a corrupted faith, which was considered insult to Islam.

Abba Serapion, Bishop of Los Angeles, discussed this week the concept of Christian unity in the campaign of heritage of our Church sponsored by the Media Center of the Coptic Orthodox Church. The campaign was issued under the slogan "Renew our days as old" and broadcasts a weekly video clip to discuss a certain issue.

CIA has recently released new documents proves that Osama bin Laden was member of the Muslim Brotherhood terrorist organization. In his diaries, Bin Laden wrote that he joined the Brotherhood before he joins Jihadi movements and established al-Qaeda to fight the Soviet Union in Afghanistan.

Coptic Orthodox Church decided to recruit disabled people to represent 5 % of the total employees. The Holy Synod of the Coptic Church decided to rehabilitate the deaf, mute and blind, to carry out some work requiring the use of computers and the use of modern technology to enable them to carry out their work. According to the new decision, all projects owned and run by the church including hospitals and factories wil have to recruit 5% of its employees from the disabled people.

Wafa Media Foundation, affiliated to ISIS terrorist organization, published a research incites to kill the Christians of Egypt, and the bombing of their churches as infidels warriors. The writer said that the Christians of Egypt are not Dhimmis and should be fought because they created Christian TV channels calling for Christianization, and began to build new churches in violation of the Islamic Sharia.

Priests of Naqada and Qus dioceses held their monthly meeting under the presidency of Abba Pemen, bishop of the diocese. Abba Pemen delivered a sermon during the meeting about the importance of pastoral care and visiting the congregation.