Qus and Naqada Diocese announced in an official statement the discovery of the body of St. Besentaous in his monastery in Naqada. The body was discovered on July 8 in a cemetery located under the main altar of the monastery. The body was found on a stone bed with the name of the saint written in Coptic language.

Coptic Church celebrates this month the 64th anniversary of Pope Shenouda s monasticism The former Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See was ordained a monk at the Syrian monastery on July 18, 1954.

An Egyptian woman called Youliana Azer was nominated for Mississauga Local Council elections in Canada scheduled for October 22, 2018. It is noteworthy that the Egyptians in Canada have achieved political successes after the Egyptian Professor Sherif Sabawi became the first Egyptian who wins parliamentary elections in Canada.

Pope Tawadros II has delivered his weekly sermon this week from the church of St. Mina at the Monastery of St. Anthony in Austria. Pope talked about how to encourage our children to be holy. Pope said that we celebrate this month the feasts of several saints whose biography can teach and encourage us to be holy.

Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria Tawadros II participated in a ceremony at the Egyptian Embassy in Austria on the occasion of the 66th anniversary of the revolution of July 23, 1952. The ceremony, held Thursday evening, was attended by more than 50 ambassadors and diplomats, beside 300 other attendees who warmly received the Pope.

Abba Mark, Coptic Bishop of France, said that the Coptic church has bought a new church in France and was named St. Mina Church. Bishop of France was enthroned on Paris in 2015 after his ordination by His Holiness Pope Tawadros II.

Abba ABraam, Bishop of Fayoum, underwent a surgery in the back two days ago and left the intensive care room in Germany today. Father Antonius Ishaq, priest of St. George Church in Fayoum that Bishop Abraam had to undergo the surgery due to the increasing pain in his back.

Under auspices of police in Minya, Copts and Muslims of Minbal held a reconciliation session to end dispute between the citizens in the village. The attendees promised to fight extremism and prevent any further disputes or attacks in the village.

Abba Timothaous, Bishop of Zagazig, inaugurated the church of St. Philopatrir and St. Karas in Zagazig last Saturday. Bishop Timothaous has recently inaugurated the baptism of Archangel Michael church in Zagazig and St. George church in Kafr Youssef village.