Egypt's finance ministry will issue lottery prizes in order to motivate businesses to issue receipts and citizens to demand them, to promote popular observation of the soon-to-be imposed value-added tax.

Egyptian media aired a video for a bearded man who put a bomb inside a shop owned by a Coptic man. The bearded man claimed to be a customer while he was dropping the bomb inside the shop that exploded causing massive destruction.

Monastery of Archangel Gabriel in Fayoum celebrated the feast of Martyrs of Fayoum. The celebration was headed by Abba Abraam, Bishop of Fayum, Abba Salib, and Bishop of Mit Ghamr, Abba Isaac, General Bishop in Fayoum, and Abba Marcus, the general Bishop.

The coalition of Copts of Egypt announced its support for the statement of the Holy Synod, in which it refused using demonstrations for achieving personal interests for some individuals.

Omar Marwan Egypt’s Acting Attorney General ordered the reopening of investigation at case of high school student who received zero marks in all her summer exams, and the transfer of the investigation from the control of Assiut to Cairo.

Sohag Criminal Court sentenced 26 accused of burning St. George Church in Suhag to life imprisonment, 67 defendants to 15 years in prison and 26 defendants were sentenced to 10 years.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark See, invited the Egyptians during his sermon at Virgin Mary and St. Athanasius church in Heliopolis to rationalize their use of the Nile waters.

Coptic Australian organization expressed its solidarity with the student Mariam Malak, who got zero in high school, and offered to pay for her education in Australia.

The Vatican announced that Pope Francis allowed the priests to absolve women who have abortions starting from the next year.

Father Poulos Halim, spokesman for the Coptic Orthodox Church, said that the Coptic student Mariam Malak, the famous Zero student, refused to meet with Pope Tawadros today.

Abba Moussa, Bishop of Youth, held a conference of Coptic Youth in Europe in the Monastery of St. Anthony in Germany from August 28-30.

Mary, the excellent student who got Zero in the exams of the secondary school, met today with the Egyptian Prime Minster Ibrahim Mehleb who received her as daughter and promised to reopen the investigation and return her rights.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark See, is going to meet with Mary, the excellent student who got Zero in the exams of the secondary school, in order to listen to her and support her.

Protestors against the church policies launched initiative of dialogue with the church in order to avoid confusion. They presented 5 demands of reform to the church.

Father Polous Halim, spokesman for the Coptic Orthodox Church, said in a statement that the Orthodox churches including Armenian, Syriac, Ethiopian, and Eritrean churches have celebrated the holy mass for the sister Orthodox Churches.

Copts celebrated this week the feast of consecrating the church of St. George in his monastery in Mit Damsis in the presence of Abba Bishoy, Bishop of Kafr el-Sheikh, Abba Dawoud, Bishop of Mansoura, and Abba Salib, Bishop of Mit Ghamr.

Dr. Hisham Abdel-Hamid, a spokesman for the Forensic Medical Authority, denied there was any pressure on state officials to change the provisions of the forensic report in the case of Mary Malak who got Zero in the secondary school.

Egyptian community in Australia and New Zealand demanded the authorities in the country to stop the broadcast of Al Jazeera via satellite and cables as they adopt the extreme ideas of the Muslim Brotherhood and support this terrorist organization.