His Eminence Bishop Makar of Sharqia and the tenth of Ramadan returned to Cairo after concluding his pastoral visit to a number of churches in Canada. During his visit, he held several masses in Arabic and English as well as several meetings. He also participated in conference of the Families in Niagara, Ontario, Canada, and met with the fathers of the Toronto priests in the church of the martyr Damiana in Autobiko.

Bishop Markos of Damietta perfumed the remains of Bishop Zakharias of Sakha in his feast among great celebration. Saint Zacharias is an eighth-century bishop of a town in Cairo, Egypt called Sakha. He was ordained a monk and then a bishop and cared for his people and grew in wisdom and sanctity.

The Environmental Affairs Agency in Qena in cooperation with Islamic and Arabic studies center at Al-Azhar University started an initiative to plant trees at the Monastery of St. George in Qena. For his part, Father Gawargious Naguib, praised the effort of the students and assured they express unity and tolerance among the Egyptians.

His Eminence Bishop Hadra of Aswan ordained Yesterday five new priests at the Church of the Virgin Mary in Edfu for the ministry in the diocese. The new priests are Fathers Dawod Yassa, Girgis Sidemn, Maximus Sharobim, Kyrilos Shawky, and Benjamin Zakhari.

Bishop Isaac of Tima ordained 7 new deacons at the Cathedral of St. Fam in Tima. The new deacons will be ordained priests next Monday in various churches in the diocese.

His Eminence Bishop Arsanius of the Diocese of the New Valley received Bishop Martirous of the Churches of the railway in the headquarters of the diocese. They celebrated the Holy Mass and delivered sermons in the spiritual meeting of teachers held for the congregation.

Bishop Paula of Tanta is celebrating the Jonah fasting and feast in Australia in the framework of the pastoral care visit to the Coptic Church in Austiralia. The second day of Jonah fasting was spent in the chruch of St. George in Melbourne.

His Eminence Bishop Tadros of Port Said has celebrated the Devine Liturgy at the church of the Virgin Mary and St. Sidhum Bishay in Dural, Sidney, Australia. He delivered a sermon titled ‘Do not be afraid’ to the congregation. This comes as part of the pastoral visit by Bishop of Port Said to the Australian continent.

His Eminence Bihsop Paula of Tanta chided the Family Conference held in Sydney, Australia, from January 24 to 27th. The conference discussed love in marriage and the family and why marriage fail and what are the rules in marriage?

His Eminence Bishop Makar of 10th of Ramadan City opened yesterday the church of the Virgin Mary and celebrated the first Holy Mass in it. The church that was constructed in 1982, and was renovated and expanded and inaugurated by Bishop Makar with new icon holder and drawings.

Bishop Barnabas of Turin and Rome celebrated the glorious feast of Epiphany in the church of St. Anthony in Ginwa northern of Rome. During the holy mass, he promoted 4 deacons to the rank of Oghnostos (reader) and ordained one deacon in the basic rank of Ebsaltus (chanter).

Nicolas Antony, spokesman for the Greek Orthodox Church, announced the establishment of a new Church in Zambia on the feast of St. Athanasius and Cyril. 47 children were peptized after celebrating the holy mass in the presence of Patriarch Theodore II, Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and the rest of Africa.

His Eminence Bishop Tadros of Port Said held a meeting with the servants of the Eastern Chruches of Sydney at the church of St. Mark in Sydeny. This came during his pastoral care visit to the diocese delegated by Pope Tawadros as papal deputy to study spiritual needs and problems of the diocese.

Bishop Tadrus of Port Said celebrated the feast of the children of Bethlehem in the church of St. Mark in Sidney. Many people of the congregation attended the Holy Mass, which comes as part of the pastoral care visit of Bishop Tadrus to Australia.

Archbishop Hedra of Aswan ordained 3 new monks at the monastery of St. Bakhomious in Edfu. The new monks are Fathers Hanania Al-Bakhumi, Yustos Al-Bakhoumi and Paul Al-Bakhumi.

Major General Adel Al-Ghadban, Governor of Port Said, discussed today the possibility of including Port Said Governorate in the journey of the Holy Family in Egypt. This came during his meeting with officials and delegation of the Coptic church. At the end of the meeting, he assigned the officials to coordinate and work on the inclusion of Farma City on the path of the Holy Family project since it is one of the places visited by them.

Following the Western calendar, the Church of the Holy Family of the Franciscan Fathers in Luxor celebrated Christmas. The Prayer was led by Father Milad Rizk, the pastor of the Church, and the Franciscan Fathers and Monks who served in the various parishes of Theban Parish. The prayer included readings and sermons from priests in several foreign languages. The prayer and celebration were attended by a number of tourists of different nationalities visiting the city of Luxor and a number of nuns.

Abba Hedra, Archbishop of Aswan, inspected the Church of Abu Seifin and St. Demiana in New Aswan, which is currently under construction. He followed the concrete casting process as the structure domes of the new church to be established and thanked all concerned authorities in the country for their good cooperation.

Bishop Isaac of Tima celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the Cathedral of St. Fam Al-Osaimi in Tima, with the participation of the clergy, deacons, and the congregation of the church. During the celebration, he inaugurated new icons of the church. Then, he met with minsters responsible for Christmas celebrations and checked the preparations for Christmas gifts.

Bishop Bernaba of Turin and Rome headed the holy mass at Alessandria city which is located 700 km north of Rome. It is worth mentioning that he has visited last week the Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Virchila, which lies 650 km north of Rome.

Bishop Arsany of the New Valley perfumed the remains of St. Nicholas on the night of his feast. H also perfumed ten remains of St. Abaskhairoun of Kellin at the celebration that was attended by clergy and congregation of the church