Pope Tawadros II has led the prayers in the funeral of the Coptic writer and activist Dr. Milad Hanna in St. Mark Cathedral, Abbassya.

Dr. Mohamed El-Baradei, founder of the Constitution Party, has called all Egyptians to struggle for their freedom and dignity, and tweeted saying: "To all Egyptians in all Squares of Egypt, hold still for your freedom and dignity".

Popular Socialist Alliance Party has participated in today’s demonstrations against the constitutional declaration and the Constituent Committee, which has started at Shubra street, led by Khalid Ali, the former presidential candidate.

Abba Moussa, Bishop of Youth, told Copts United that the Coptic Orthodox Church hasn't returned to the Constituent Committee.

25 human rights organizations in Egypt has raised lawsuits before the Administrative Court demanding the cancellation of the new constitutional declaration issued last Thursday by the presidency.

His Holiness Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark See, has received Hamdeen Sabahi, founder of the Popular Current, and leaders of the Popular Current who congratulated the Pope on his official enthronement.

Dr. Andrea Zaki, vice president of the Anglican Communion, said that Pope Tawadros II will work for the Egyptian unity.

Copts United has published this picture for Pope Twadros II while opening the door of St. Mark Cathedral at the beginning of the enthronement ceremony which refers to receiving the spiritual leadership of the Coptic Orthodox Church.

Dream private TV has showed a message saying that they can't continue broadcasting because of the decision of the Egyptian government to stop its broadcasting as Dream studios are located outside Egyptian Media Production City.

Dr. Reverend Safwat Al-Bayaadi, head of the Anglican Communion in Egypt, told Copts United that the Constituent Assembly of the constitution has coincided on 14 articles so far.

Mohammed Anwar Sadat, head of Reform and Development Party, has denounce attacking the Church of Sts. Mina and Philopatir in Shubra al-Khima, and considered it a result of the absence of state institutions that are supposed to protect the places of worship.

Many leaders of the Christian denominations as well as public figures have attended the altar ballot including Abba Theodoros II, Patriarch of Alexandria and all Africa of the roman Orthodox, Abba Oshodm Bishop of the Armenian Orthodox Church in Egypt and Sudan, and ِAbba Andrew, Patriarchal Vicar of the Syrian Orthodox, and Monsignor Corian Matthew, delegate from the Vatican, Bishop John Kolta, Patriarchal Vicar of the Copts Catholics, and a delegation from the Evangelical church in Egypt.

Rev. Reda Thabet, head of the Evangelical Synod of the Nile, said after participating in the mass of the altar ballot as a representative of the Evangelical Church that he feels that Abba Tawadrous is God's choice after all Coptic Christians were praying for God to choose the best one to lead the church at such difficult time.

Ahmed Shafik, the former presidential candidate, has congratulated the Coptic Orthodox Church on the new pope after what he calls the great election process ending up with choosing Pope Tawadrous II in the altar ballot.

About 200 Salafis have attacked a concert in Minya claiming it’s a missionary concert and shouted out “Egypt is Islamic country... We sacrifice ourselves for Islam”!

Cathedral of St. Mark is ready to receive the 2411 voters of the papal elections tomorrow form 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM. The voters are going to choose three of the five papal candidates.