Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, participated in the sixth anniversary of the foundation of the Council of Churches of Egypt. The presidency of the council was handed over by Rev. Refaat fathy to Father Poulos Garas at the Catholic Seminary College in Maadi.

His Eminence Bishop Basada of Akhimim ordained yesterday four new priests to serve at the villages of the diocese. The ordination ceremony was held at the Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul Cathedral and was attended by Bishop Ologious, head of St. Shenouda monastery in Suhag.

St. Mary and St. Athanasius church in May 15th city organized a carnival for children, which was attended by 1300 children. The carnival discussed the importance of the holy bible in our lives.

Pope Tawadros II inaugurated the three alters of the church of St. Paul in Ismailia. This came as part of his pastoral care visit to the province of Ismailia which is the first since he was ordained Pope.

On his return from the UAE to the Vatican, Pope Francis sent a message to the Egyptian president Abdul Fattah al-Sisi in which he said that he prays for him and all his people of Egypt. His Holiness has also sent telegrams to heads of state of the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Greece.

Sharkia and 10th of Ramadan diocese organized a youth meeting under the title "Be Different 4" which was attended by 700 young people. At the meeting, Bishop Maqar talked about being a role model and many educational and entertainment shows were held at the meeting.

International media talked about new Egyptian mummies discovery in Minya. News are published about Egypt s first antiquities discovery of 2019 in which more than 40 mummies are discovered in 3 ancient tombs.

At the invitation of the UAE Presidency and Council of Muslim Elders, Ambassador Nabila Makram Abdul Shaheed, Egypt s Minister of State for Migration and Egyptians Affairs Abroad, will attend the meeting of Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, in the presence of His Eminence Sheikh Ahmed Al Tayeb, Sheikh of Al Azhar and His Holiness Pope Francis. Prior to the meeting, she said that all of us should stand side by side to address intellectual extremism and respect our differences in order to overcome the obstacles and achieve security, stability, peace and the desired coexistence.

Pope Francis of the Vatican arrived in the UAE on Sunday for a three-day visit to the United Arab Emirates, where he was received by Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces. In his speech Sheikh Mohammed said that such historic visit of Pope Francis and Sheikh of Al-Azhar promotes values of peace, brotherhood and peaceful coexistence among peoples.

Egypt s Minister of Immigration Nabila Makram met with a high delegation of British bishops who are visiting Cairo to show solidarity with the Egyptian people. The delegation is accompanied by Bishop Angelos of London, and Dr. Ahmed Al-Mokhtam, a former adviser to the British government in the field of energy and defense. The Egyptian minister declared her happiness to receive the delegation in Egypt to send a message of co-existence and unity.

Bishop Ibrahim Isaac, Patriarch of the Catholic Coptic Church, is going to meet with a delegation from the Catholic Church in Egypt to receive His Holiness Pope Francis in the UAE and at the World Conference of Human Brotherhood, which will be held in Abu Dhabi on February 3 and 4, 2019. Father Hani Bakhoum, spokesman for the Catholic Church in Egypt, said that the conference will include three Key discussions: The principles of human brotherhood, the most important challenges facing brotherhood, and the shared responsibility to achieve human brotherhood.

Bishop Samuel of Timwa diocese ordained two new priests for the ministry in the villages of Ayyat. The ordination ceremony was attended by Bishop Methaus of St. Mary monastery in Wadil Natroun where the two priests will spend the 40 days period of spiritual retreat. The new priests were called Father Metias Riad and Father Methaus Malak.

French President Emmanuel Macaron visited the Cathedral of St. Mark in Cairo, where he was received by His Holiness Pope Tawadros II. After meeting at the papal headquarters, he visited the memorial plaque of the martyrs at St. Peter Church that was bombed two of years ago.

Bishop Pefnotius of Samalut, opened today a new service building in the Church of St. Peter in Samalut. The building has a banquet hall that can take up to 300 people and a meeting room and a lecture hall.

Archbishop Bakhomius of Behaira and former acting Patriarch laid the foundation stone of the new Church of New Alamin. The Church that received a presidential decree will be named after St. Mary and St. Tadros.

His Holiness Bishop Michael, Bishop General of the Churches of Gardens El Kubba, Archangel Michael in the monastery of the angel of the sea, Hadayek al-Qubba, during which the ritual of the ordination of the 69 sons of the Church itself completed deacons, 53 of them in the Order of Ibsalts, 4 in the rank of Augustus and 12 in the rank of Ibodikon.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, congratulated the Patriarchal staff in Alexandria on the Day of the Epiphany and gave them presents on that occasion. The meeting was attended by Bishop Pavly, Ilarioun and Hermina, members of the Holy Synod.

The Coptic Orthodox Church warned in a statement of a person who claims to be a monk at the monastery of St. Moussa in Alamin and collects donations for the monastery. Statement said that none of its monks is allowed to collect money and none of them is ministering out of the monastery.

Spokesman of the Coptic Orthodox Church mourned today the departure of monk Maximus of St. Paula monastery who died at the age of 67. He was monk for 43 years since he was ordained monk on December 28, 1975.

A group of terrorists in Arish kidnapped a Coptic man after they stopped a bus and searched for Copts and policemen. They searched their national identification cards and kidnapped the man who was Coptic Christian though they didnt know him. Police were reported and the matter is currently under investigation.

Pope Tawadros II received today Dr. Sultan Al-Rumaithi, Secretary-General of the Council of Muslim Elders and Omar Al-Buraiki, Executive Director of the Council at the papal headquarter in Cairo. The meeting was attended by HE Bishop Julius, bishop of old Cairo Churches and Secretary of His Holiness.