Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See returned to Cairo from Austria, after a pastoral care visit to Europe which started on October 9. The pope visited a number of dioceses in France, Switzerland, Belgium and Austria, during which he met with the Egyptian ambassadors in the four countries as well as high-ranking officials including the French President Emmanuel Macron. He also visited the European Parliament.

3000 Cops have attended the annual conference of Minya diocese held at St. Mina Conference House. The conference was held on October 25 to 26 under the title My house and I will worship the Lord. Bishop Karas of al-Mahalla al-Kubra churches delivered a speech in the conference and a special program was prepared of the children.

Bishop Benjamin of Menofia ordained two new priests for the ministry in the diocese. The new priests are Father Titus Mofid in Batanoun, and Father Markos Samy in Sabak Ahad village.

Samalout diocese celebrated the graduation of the first batch of the Institute of Church Care and Education. The institute was opened by Bishop Pfnotious of the diocese two years ago and offers various specialties including: church care - family counseling - spiritual guidance - church life - Bible - psychological counseling - and human resources.

Qasim Husein, governor of Minya, said that Tal Amarna tourist site in Minya has received delegations from Germany, France and Brazil. The governor explained that many tourists from Europe, Africa, Asia and America have been recently arriving in Minya governorate to visit its historical landmarks, especially the path of the Holy Family sites.

Bishop Raphael of churches of downtown Cairo and former secretary of the Holy Synod celebrated the Holy Mass at St. Mark s Cathedral in Kuwait. Many people of the Coptic congregation of Kuwait have welcomed the bishop. It is worth mentioning that the Coptic Orthodox Cathedral of St. Mark in Kuwait was founded in 1959 by His Holiness Pope Cyril VI.

The Catholic Churches of St. George, and the Virgin Mary and Pope John Paul II in the village of Al-Aziya, Manfalut, Assiut, received the holy remains of St. Teresa. The congregations of the churches were blessed by the remains, which arrived to Egypt from France.

Sources in the church said that the Main Committee for legalization of churches is getting ready to approve the legalization of new churches and service buildings in various governorates. This last legalized batch included 64 churches, which raised the total number of legalized churches in Egypt to 1171 churches and service buildings.

Bishop Dimitrious of Malawy and head of the monastery of Batoul, ordained 2 new nuns at the monastery. The ordination ceremony was attended by Bihsop Aghabious of Dir Mawas and Bishop Makarious of Minya, Bishop Markos of Damietta.

Bishop Dimitrios of Mallawi, Ansna and Ashmounin, visited the 57357 child Hospital for the treatment of cancer. He celebrated the Holy Mass and allowed the children to take part of the communion.

St. Mark Church in Tornto held its General congregation meeting headed by Bishop Elija of Khartoum, and Bishop Makar of Sharkia and 10th of Ramadan City, supervisor of some churches in Canada. Discussions during the meeting focused on the number of issues related to service within the region and how they are organized.

Ethiopia s Prime Minister Abi Ahmed said that if his country had to fight a war over the Renaissance Dam, his country could mobilize millions for confrontation. This came in his speech during a questioning session in the Ethiopian Parliament, on the crisis of the Renaissance Dam. Abi Ahmed said: Some say things about the use of force by Egypt, I must emphasize that no force can prevent Ethiopia from building the dam, and if there is a need to go to war, we can mobilize millions of soldiers. If a party can fire a missile, the other can use bombs.

His Holiness Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark See, visited the shrine of St. John Cassian in his monastery in marseilles, southern France , accompanied by a delegation and received by Hisham Maher, the Egyptian Consul General in southern France, and Archbishop Jean-Marc Eveline. Saint John Cassian lived at the fourth and fifth centuries in Romania and was strongly influenced by the Egyptian Orthodox monasticism.

Chamber of Tourism and Guides expressed anger at the decision of Luxor s governor to remove the Pharonic symbol Ankh from Hello Square in Luxor, which has ordered to remove it as soon as possible. They assured that it only symbolizes the other life and has nothing to do with the cross of Christianity.

Bishop Aghathon of Brazil will head to the Sydney Diocese on October 27 in a pastoral care visit that last till November 10. This comes during another pastoral care visit by Pope Tawadros II to Europe.

His Holiness Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, said on Friday during his visit to the Belgian Senate that the situation in Egypt is improving. He added that Egypt is carrying out a number of major development projects that will take Egypt among the developed country. He stressed that the Egyptian people live together in the spirit of the same family.

Samalout Churches in Minya Southern Egypt launched "House without cancer" campaign to teach people about how to protect their children from cancer. The Campaign is launched between 24 to 27 October , and will bring doctors from the Children s Cancer Hospital 57357 to lecture and answer all queries.

Pope Tawadros II headed the inauguration ceremony of the Cathedral of the Virgin Mary and the Apostles, in the Louvain region, Brussels, Belgium. This came within the framework of the Pope s pastoral visit to Belgium.

HH Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark See, visited the European Parliament in Belgium yesterday as part of his pastoral visit to a number of European countries. His Holiness was received by the President of the cultural and religious Dialogue Group of the European People s Party and the Egyptian Ambassador in Brussels.

As His Holiness Pope Tawadros II arrived in Belgium, he was received at the airport by Khaled al-Bakly, ambassador of Egypt to Beligium. Pope is accompanied during the visit by Bishop Daniel of Maadi, Bishop Michale of Qubba Gardens, Waily and Abbasia.

Coptic activist Ayman Ghali said that an Egyptian cultural center of the Ministry of Culture refused to hold a celebration and a seminar on the feast of Sham Ennessim. He had submitted an official request to hold the seminar, but it took months to answer and they said that the Coptology and Coptic history is outside their concerns!