Syrian refugees in Austria are going to march next Monday in to thank the government for its effort and support to the refugees in Austria after they were expelled from Arabic countries.

Hussam Bazinh, head of the General Union of Egyptians in Austria, expressed his optimism for appointing minister Nabila Makram Abdel-Shaheed, Minister for Migration and Egyptians abroad, assuring that she will offer a lot to help the Egyptians abroad and benefit from them as well.

Egyptian Council of Churches promised in a statement today that Egyptian churches will not mobilize the people to vote in favor of certain candidates in the upcoming parliamentary elections.

Dalia Ziada, the director of the Egyptian Center for Free Democratic Studies, said that the Egyptian Foreign Ministry has to react to campaigns by foreign organizations.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, is going to visit Ethiopia on September 26 to celebrate the holy feast of the cross with the Ethiopian church, spokesman for the Coptic Orthodox Church said.

A group of Bedouins took over a piece of land belongs to a Coptic family at Amerya village at Alexandria while carrying machine guns to frighten the people.

Copts for the home association, headed by Karim Kamal, issued a statement on Tuesday to call the Egyptian Diaspora in the United States of America to demonstrate before the UN building in New York City, during the visit of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to America, delivering his speech before the General Assembly of the United Nations. He called the demonstrators to form human chains in support of the president.

Killer of priest’s father in Abu Qurqas was arrested. Police were reported last week that Mariam Saad, 75 years old, was killed and her jewelry were stolen.

Rudolf Hundstorfer, Austrian Minister of Social Affairs, Labour and Consumer Protection, is going to meet next Monday with members of the Council of the Arab Austrians Union in Vienna to discuss migration and asylum issues and employment of foreigners.

Father Poktor Nashed, priest of St. Mary Church in Amiriya, Alexandria, called police to move and save the Copts in the village after several extremists attacked the church.

The Salafist Call and al-Nour ultra conservative party used fatwa of Sheikh Mohammed Nasreddin the Albanian, which legalized nominating the Copts on the electoral lists of al-Nour. The fatwa considered the Copts less dangerous than atheists on Islam, and therefore, voting for them is the least evil!

Mariam Malak reported Journalists Syndicate against Seventh Day newspaper for publishing fake news aiming to defame her reputation.

Abba Iklimindos, General Bishop of Ottawa, Montreal and eastern Canada, ordained 8 new deacons in the church of St. Mina in Halifax.

Abba Moussa, Bishop of young people, celebrated the passage of 35 years on the establishment of Youth Bishopric.

Coptic child, Maher Fayez, accused of contempt of Islam was further demanded in custody for 15 days. He was accused of insulting Islam across his Facebook page, should be remanded in custody for extra 15 days.

Coptic Orthodox church participated in the peace conference in Seoul that was ended on Saturday evening. The conference was held in the presence of representatives from all religions including Muslims, Jews, Buddhists, Hindus and different faiths.

The Secretariat of the Council of the Churches of Egypt held a meeting on Saturday, at the headquarters of the presidency of the Evangelical Church in Heliopolis, headed by Rev. Dr. Bishoy Helmy, Secretary General of the Council of the Churches of Egypt. After that, the Executive Committee of the Council held another meeting, to discuss achievement of each committee of the council.

Father Poulos Halim, spokesperson for the Coptic Orthodox Church, said that Pope Tawadros II met with Ante Aakillen, president of the bishops of the Swedish Lutheran Church, at Uppsala Cathedral in Sweden.