Abba Athanasius, Bishop of Bani Mazar and Bahnasa, ordained a new priest yesterday at the church of St. Mary and St. Abanoub, Nazlet Galf, Beni Mazar.

Four months have passed since a Coptic man called Atta Khalifa Atta was kidnapped in Beni Haram village, Minya, but police were not able to return him.

Abba Makarios, General Bishop of Minya, received yesterday Mr. John Kasn, the British ambassador to Egypt and his accompanying delegation.

Father Basilious Fawzi, priest of the Catholic Church in Minya, received a delegation from the Catholic Church in Lebanon at the Cathedral of Christ the King,