The decision of the Australian government to refuse 10 cases of Coptic asylum seekers raised anger of Coptic leaders who expressed their concern over the decision. Among those refugees in Melbourne an elderly couple in their 70s, a mother with young children as well as some young people, and those are facing deportation despite the ongoing violence in Egypt against Coptic Christians.

Coptic priests in Chicago demanded urgent intervention by Pope Tawadros II to end what they called the theological debate on Facebook Pages. Statement said that some entities trying to show themselves as heroes who protect the faith and defend the orthodox faith though they have no degree or authority in the church.

After he ordained 15 new priests for the ministry in Alexandria churches, Pope Tawadros asked the new priests to give enough time for their families and to balance between time spent on their ministry and with their families.

Abba Raphael, Bishop of the Churches of Central Cairo and General Secretary of the Holy Synod, celebrated the Holy Mass at the church of St. Anthony and St. Paula in Guildford, Australia. During the mass, he sermonized about happiness, and later he gave a sermon about the importance of Jesus Christ crucifixion for our salvation.

Midland express newspaper in Melbourne published a report about the first Coptic Orthodox Monasetry of nuns that was opened by Pope Tawadros II last September. The Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Melbourne has snapped up the historic Campaspe House at 29 Goldies Lane to turn it into the Archangel Michael Monastery for Nuns, as well as a retreat for women.

Two unidentified gunmen opened fire early Friday on a church in Cairo s Helwan district, killing nine people and injuring five others, Egypt s health and interior ministries said. Security forces shot dead one of the assailants in an exchange of fire while the other fled, a senior interior ministry official told state news agency MENA.

The Saints church in Alexandria holds a spiritual celebration in the 7th anniversary of the martyrdom of 23 of its members on Christmas eve 2011. The celebration is held from December 29 to December 31 and is attended by Abba Bavly, the general bishop of Montazah.

The Archbishop of Atfeeh issued a statement on Friday afternoon saying the Church of al-Amir Tadros (Prince Tadros) in the Kafr al-Waselin village in Giza was attacked by a mob who gathered on Friday at noon outside the church while chanting hostile slogans that demanded the demolition of the church. According to the statement, hundreds broke into the church, destroyed its contents, and beat the Christians who were present.

Com Luffy village crisis came to an end as Copts waiver the case and acquitted those who attacked their homes last year.

Abba Suriel, Bishop of Melbourne, celebrated the end of the academic year at St. Athanasius College at the Eporo Tower. The celebration began with the vesper prayers at the church of St .Verena and St. Bishoy.

President Donald Trump reversed decades of US policy on Wednesday and recognised Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, despite warnings from around the world that the gesture further drives a wedge between Israel and the Palestinians. In a speech at the White House, Trump said his administration would also begin a process of moving the U.S. embassy in Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, which is expected to take years.

Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Alexandria rang sad bell melodies in mourn for mosque attack to show its deep sympathy and solidarity with the victims. The Patriarchate had issued a statement to denounce the bloody attack and the terrorist who lost all humanity to target worshipers while performing their prayers.

The attack on the crowded al-Rawdah Mosque in the town of Bir al-Abed in Northern Sinai, which was launched during Friday Prayers, killed 305 and injured at least 128 others. Images of the dead and wounded, posted under the hashtag "Rawdah massacre," flooded Arabic social media since the attack. Egyptian officials called it the deadliest terrorist attack in Egypt s modern history, and some commentators have already called it "Egypt s 9/11." While Egypt, and particularly the Sinai Peninsula, has faced terror attacks by jihadist groups in the past – mainly against security forces and Coptic churches – this attack was different: for the first time, jihadists deliberately targeted Muslim civilians during prayer time in a mosque, killing men, women and children, and opening fire from outside the mosque on those who tried to flee the carnage taking place inside it.

Copts in Australia expressed their sorrow and grief after gay marriage was legalized in Australia. Results released Wednesday by the Australian Bureau of Statistics revealed 61% of the population voted to allow same-sex marriage, with 38% voting against.

The North Cairo Criminal Court decided on Wednesday to refer the documents of the Ahmed Saeed, who is accused of killing the Coptic priest, Samaan Shehta, to Egypt’s grand Mufti, seeking the Mufti’s approval to execute the defendant. The referral of Saeed’s documents to the grand Mufti indicates that the court’s judiciary approved of a death sentence. The court set the date to declare a final verdict to January 15 2018.

Abba Suriel, Bishop of Melbourne, held a meeting with the youth for the first time at the Tower of Eporo that was opened by Pope Tawadros last September. He delivered a sermon about how to listen to God s voice in our life before they had dinner together and took many photos.

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Bishop Suriel of Melbourne received the order of Saint Ignatios 2017 during the annual celebration of the Academy of St. Ignatius Theological in Stockholm, in the presence of many church leaders led by Bishop Abakir Bishop of the Scandinavian countries and Dr. Michael Hjalm, Dean of the Academy. In his speech, Bishop Suril talked about Archdeacon Habib Girgis and his achievements in the Coptic Orthodox Church during the twentieth century.

THE Bishop Angaelos, General Bishop of the United Kingdom, was named the new President of the International Bible Society that works in over 200 countries with a mission to bring the Bible to life for every man, woman and child. For his Part, Bishop Angelos said: I consider it an incredible honor to serve as President of the Bible Society, an institution that has historically served to share the message of hope through the word of God. This is a time in which Britain, and our world needs the hope that can only come from the inspired message of God in the Scriptures, and it is up to us to be a faithful conduit of this life-giving message.

Saint Ignatios foundation decided this week to award Bishop Suriel of Melbourne the Order of Saint Ignatios 2017. His Grace was born in Port Said, but moved at the age of four to Australia. Bishop Suriel was nominated for having built up St. Athanasius College in Melbourne during the last ten years, which is the first Coptic institution in the world that is accredited for university degrees. Already from the beginning, he chose an inter-orthodox line and invited other Orthodox churches to participate in constructing the institution. Patriarch Irinej of Serbia in Belgrade, with the help of Bishop Irinej, the previous bishop of the Serbian Diocese of Australia, made a pastoral visit as a confirmation of the cooperation between the church families, and father John Behr from St. Vladimirs in New York is one of the teachers who has taught at St. Athanasius.

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi held talks on Tuesday with a number of head of states and senior international leaders on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, his office said. El-Sisi met with Donald Tusk, the president of the European Council, and the two men discussed irregular migration and signed a document of cooperation priorities for the next three years, presidential spokesman Alaa Youssef said in a statement.