Defamed monk Isaiah of St. Makkar monastery denied today the killing of Bishop Epanious before court assuring that he suffered from huge pressures during police investigations. On the other hand, lawyer of the second defendant monk Fataous said the witnesses are not credible since they disagree with the defendants and are following the doctrine of Father Matthew the poor and they have not even witnessed that murder attack.

His Holiness Pope Twadros II said during a meeting with the people of the Church of the Archangel Michael and St. Martina in Staten Island, New York, that the incident of the killing of Bishop Epiphanius, head of St. Makkar monastery in Wadil Natroun is an accident. He added that police investigated 400 workers and a huge number of monks and the defendants is a former monk who has been investigated by a committee of the Holy Synod. The other defendant monk was not investigated for medical reasons since he is not able to talk, Pope added. Pope explained that he is currently the one in charge of the monastery.

Police in Mansoura city, northern Cairo, is currently investigating the plantation of a homemade bomb under a car in the city. Police were reported about the explosion of a bomb under a car in Toril neighborhood. The explosive device was planted under a Mercedes in the street did not result in any injuries or loss of life.

Many activists denounced the call of Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, to Copts in America to welcome president Abdul Fattah al-Sisi during his upcoming visit to the states. However, Dostour Egyptian newspaper published a letter by the late Pope Shenouda III, in which he calls Copts in America to welcome present Hosni Mubarak in the states in 1985.

At the 40 days anniversary of the departure of Bishop Arsanius of Minya and Abu Qurqas, a new shrine was opened for the late bishop. A group of clergymen has visited the shrine to take blessings of the late bishop.

His Holiness Pope Tawadros II celebrated the holy mass and inaugurated the Church of Queen Helena in New York in the presence of Bishop David of New York and the priests and people of the diocese. The Pope arrived yesterday in the United States on a pastoral trip to visit and inaugurated a number of churches.

The church of St. Bishoy in Minya received today the remains of 3 martyrs: St. Philopatir, St. Arpsema, and St. Edrosis. Father Yusab Ezzat, priest of the church, said that the remains of the three martyrs were celebrated at Nayrouz feast of the Coptic martyrs.

Father Mikhail Antoine, Vice President of the Committee for the legalizaion of Orthodox Churches, said that the Committee had received promises to speed up the procedures for the legalization of churches. He added only 212 churches and a building were legalized, since the law was passed adn about 2500 churches are still waiting.

Copts celebrated the new Coptic year with eating speical food, namely: Red dates and guava, which referes to the blood of the martyrs and their strong faith. Vendors of dates and guava sold their goods in front of the churches as Copts celebrate Nayrouz by eating those fruits.

After inaugrating thechuch of St. Mary in Aleppo , Syria, Mar Ignatius Joseph III Jonan, Patriarch of Syriac Catholics, celebrated the first holy mass. 6 deadons were ordianed in the celebration of the church, which was attended by Archbishop Mario Zinari, Archbishop of Aleppo, Archbishop Mar Desnosius, Archbishop of Hasakah, Archbishop Yacoub Bahanan, Archbishop of Baghdad, Patriarchal Vicar for Basra and the Arabian Gulf.

Spokesman of the Coptic Orthodox Church said that Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See is going to visit the United States of America for the third time. The pastoral care visit will be held in a couple of weeks.

John Casein, British Ambassador in Cairo, published a Farwell message to the Egyptians at the end of his work in Egypt. He said he has been proud to work in Egypt and will mess Egypt and the Egyptians and will always be a big fan of Mohammed Salah. He added that Egypt became one of the biggest economic partners of Britain.

Michael Atef, son of a martyr of St. Samuel monastery terrorist attack, donated 200 EGP for the construction of a mosque in Minya. Minya Awqaf is going to honor Michael stressing the national unity among all Egyptians.

A report published by CNN Arabic said that Egypt is the fastest growing tourism destination in the world. Report said: With a significant increase in the number of tourists by 55.1 %, Egypt has made the fastest tourism recovery in 2017.

Mahmoud Shaarawi, Egypt s Minister of Local Development said today in a news conference that the government is working on legalizing Auto rickshaw in order to solve its problem. He added that some companies are working on developing a mobile application similar to UBER to make Auto rickshaw valid on demand.

Pope Tawadros II said the murder of Abba Epiphanius, head of St. Makar monastery was an accident that can t spoil the monastic life that has started many centuries ago. This came during the 40 days memorial service of Abba Epiphanius headed by Pope Tawadros and attended by several bishops of the Coptic Church.

The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) announced on Wednesday that Egypt s foreign currency reserves rose to US $44.41 billion in August, compared to $44.31 billion in July. Egypt s foreign exchange reserves were around $36 billion before the January 25 Revolution of 2011. It fell down to nearly $19 billion until a $12 billion loan was signed with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in November 2016. The flotation of the Egyptian pound and high interest rates helped attract foreign investments for government debt instruments, which reached about $23 billion at the end of March.

Dozens of worshippers were buried alive under the rubble of a Catholic Church that collapsed during celebrating the holy mass on Sunday. St. Paul Catholic church that collapsed is located in the southwestern state of Delta in Nigeria.

The Coptic Orthodox Church will hold the mass of the 40th day anniversary of the departure of Abba Epiphanius, head of St. Makar monastery. Pope Tawadros presides over the memorial service on September 8th and will open a new conference building carrying the name of the late bishop.

Prosecution of Minya ordered that 19 defendants at the sectarian attacks of Demshaw Hashim village will be imprisoned for 4 days pending investigations. They were accused of inciting violence and attacking other people for building an unlicensed church.

Iman Maher Said, 19 year old, has disappeared in Assiut. Her family mentioned that she left home to visit the church on Friday and never returned back. Police were reported and the matter is currently under investigation.