Bishop Maqar of Sharqia congratulated the monks of the Monastery of the Virgin and St. John the beloved in Ismailia road after being acknowledged by the decision of the Holy Synod. The monks celebrated the decision of the Holy Synod today and thanked Pope Tawadros for his support.

Coptic Church in Alexandria celebrated the second anniversary of palm Sunday martyrs at the Monastery of St. Mina in Mariout, Alexandria. St. Mina Monastery had built a church on the name of martyrs of the Saints church in Alexandria, where 20 martyrs of the terrorist bombing on 2011 Christmas eve were buried. Later, the monastery announced to transfer the bodies of other martyrs of Palm Sunday attack to the same shrine.