Coptic church in Austria held memorial service to the three Coptic deacons, whom were killed in a car accident before entering Germany for a meeting with President al-Sisi.

National Security Police directed a security crackdowns around Assiut governorate.

Ministry of Interiors announced that the security services continued its extensive security campaign around the Republic to attack terrorist elements.

Abdullah Boshra, lawyer of Maher Fayez Habib, the imprisoned Coptic boy on charges of contempt of Islamic religion, said that the student dropped his classes for this year.

Father of Maher Fayez Habib, the Coptic student who was imprisoned because of accusing him of contempt the Islamic religion, complained that he did not know the place of his son's prison till now, and couldn't see him or send him any food, books or personal clothes, demanding security agencies of providing him an opportunity to see his son and deliver the food to him.

German authorities demanded to carry out more tests on the body of martyr, Sobhi Jacob, the vehicle's driver, to know the causes of the incident thoroughly, which led to postpone the return of the bodies of the three Copts deacons from Germany to Austria.

Abba Makarios, general bishop of Minya, said that Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark See, is going to visit Minya governorate during the month of July.

Dr. Amin Lutfi, head of the University of Beni Suef, transmitted Dr. Najla Mohammed Ibrahim, professor at the Faculty of Economics and Political Science to disciplinary committee as she was accused of stealing scientific researches in one of her books, after she claimed her right of its intellectual property.

Abba Arsanios, bishop of Minya and Abu kurkas, headed the monthly meeting of the diocese priests with the participation of Abba Makarios, general bishop of Minya, in St. Mark Bishopric in Minya.

Abba Demetrios, Bishop of Mallawi, visited Minya Diocese in order to reassure the safety of Anba Arsanious, Bishop of Minya and Abu Kurkas.

Abba Takla, Bishop of Dishna and related accessories, held the first meeting with the new church council and St. George Church's priests for over an hour, in the headquarters of the Diocese.

Abba Gabriel, Bishop of Beni Suef and the related accessories, assured through his weekly sermon that Bishopric of Beni Suef is going to open its charity hospital at maximum the first of July, and that the hospital will include many sections, which the governorate is in bad need to, adding that this hospital will be a great addition to the medical service in the governorate.

Two Coptic men died in the monastery of St. Yassa, in the village of Om Doma, in Tama Center, in Sohag Governorate.

St. Mary Church, in Al Galaa village, in Minya Governorate completed the majority of buildings and concrete works.

Coptic Church in Austria declared state of mourning for the deaths of three Coptic deacons in a car accident while they were on their way to Germany to support the President al-Sisi.

An Egyptian appeals court on Saturday cancelled a ruling to list the Palestinian group Hamas as a terrorist organisation, judicial sources said, signalling a possible easing of pressure on the Gaza Strip's ruling faction.

Egypt's Beheira prosecution ordered on Saturday the detention of three members of the banned 6 April Youth Movement pending trial on charges of possessing flyers that call for civil disobedience on 11 June.

The Egyptian Lawyers Syndicate announced Saturday it would implement a one-day strike to protest “police assaults" on lawyers, citing an attack by a senior police officer on a lawyer in Damietta governorate.

Father Paulos Halim, spokesman for the Coptic Orthodox Church, revealed that the reason for cancellation the weekly sermon of Pope Tawadros, as some people whom have personal status complaints demonstrated inside the cathedral during the prayers.

University of South Valley in Qena held a conference to fight terrorism in cooperation with the Egyptian Center for combating terrorism. The conference held with the presence of copts clergy men whom represented in Abba Sharobim, bishop of Qena and related accessories and Abba Kyrillos, Bishop of Nag Hammadi and also the Undersecretary of Ministr

Suez Copts celebrated the first anniversary ordination of Bishop Abba Bemwa, bishop of Suez diocese, in the presence of Father Antonios Milad, agent archdiocese and all the priests of the diocese and a huge number of Copts.