In his weekly sermon, Pope Tawadros II, invited the people to practice meekness before fasting. Pope added that a meek person is beloved by the others for several good features.

Expiatory Fatawa and Militant Opinions Observatory of Egyptian Fatwa House warned against a new Android application of ISIS radio that is used to spread its ideology among its members and supporters.

Father Poulos Halim, spokesman for the Coptic Orthodox Church, said that the church is holding seminar for nuns of the Coptic Orthodox Church. Pope has delivered a speech about arts in the holy bible.

In his interview with Copts United, Dr. Michel Fahmy, writer and researcher, denounced preventing funeral prayers for non-Orthodox Christians inside Coptic churches and described it as intolerance that doesn’t respect humanity.

Coptic church celebrates the feast of St. Paul of Thebes, commonly known as Paul, the First Hermit, on February 9th.

Lawyer Hamdy Asiouty told Copts United that it’s shameful to arrest 4 Coptic children on charges of defamation of religions for a 20 seconds video in which they criticize ISIS.

George William, coordinator of “Copts of Minya” coalition, told Copts United that the coalition is organizing a conference in Dir Barsha village in Minya about “how to resist atheism and extremism”.

Arab struggle newspaper said that Egypt is currently suffering from extremism, which made the Egyptian president call for the renewal of the religious discourse.

Greek Theologian called Demetrius invited Pope Tawadros to lead a revolution in the Coptic church following the invitation of the Egyptian president to renew the religious discourse in Egypt.

Reuters news agency said that Pope Francis is going to participate in a movie for the first time. The religious movie is called "Behind the Sun" and tells the story of a family adventure to meet with Jesus Christ. In the movie, the Pope is going to deliver a speech about how and where to find Jesus Christ.

The monastery of the Great Saint Anthony in the Red Sea celebrated the feast of the founder of monasticism in the world Saint Anthony.

Coptic Orthodox Church in the United States of America organized the first spiritual gathering for the youth of the United States and Canada, entitled: “How to make a decision?”

The 13th session of the Ecumenical Dialogue Commission of the Coptic Orthodox Church started on Sunday between the Oriental Orthodox Churches and the Catholic Church. It’s hosted this year by the Coptic Orthodox Church of St. Mark Center, Nasr City.

Rev. Samy Hanna, pastor of the Apostolic Church in El Bayadeya, Minya, accused the Coptic church of sectarianism after it refused to hold funeral prayers for Christian married couple who belong to the Apostolic Church.

Beni Mazar Court sentenced a Coptic teacher for 3 years in prison on charges of contempt of the Islamic religion.

St. Goerge church in Hamamt Quba, Cairo, organized a ceremony to honor father Philopatir Wadie who was ordained in the Coptic Orthodox Church to minister in Asia.

A video of Egyptian writer Fatima Naaot spread on social media in which she says that Egypt is not an Arab Republic and Arabic is the language of the invaders.

Islamic Center in Austria denounced sectarianism and bombing of houses of worship in several Arab countries.

Abba Gabriel, bishop of Beni Suef, said that rituals and traditions of the Coptic Orthodox Church prevents holding prayers for non-Orthodox dead people inside Coptic churches.

Patriarch Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow, stressed the importance of calendar unification among all Orthodox Churches.

Plans to build churches in Kuwait have been rejected by MPs because they "contradict Islamic Sharia law". Sheikh Sabah al Khalid al Sabah is Kuwait's Emir and official leader The Gulf country's government, which is unelected and seperate from the elected MPs in parliament, initially accepted the church building proposals and allocated a number of sites for construction.