Samalot security forces arrested 28 people from Galaa village after the clashes yesterday in which 7 Copts were injured and several shops owned by Copts were demolished.

Diocese of Megaga in Minya filed a report on the public prosecutor in Megaga after police had attacked a 7 years old church that they used previously to protect it.

Coptic people of Abnoub and New Assiut celebrated yesterday the inauguration of St. John in Abnoub after it was demolished during the events of teh dispersal of Rabaa Adawia and Nahda sit-ins.

Maj. Gen. Salah Ziada, governor of Minya, and Abba Pfnotios, Bishop of Samalot, laid today the basis of the Church of the martyrs in the village of Al Awr in Samalot, Minya province, during a great celebration.

In a meeting with the governor of Minya Gen. Salah Ziada, Muslims and Christians of Awr village, agreed to build the church of the Martyrs in a different place in the village on a piece of land that belongs to Samalout diocese.

Gen. Salah Ziada, governor of Minya, held a meeting with Muslims and Copts of Awr village in Samalut in the presence of clergy from the village.

Copts in Galaa village have decided to demonstrate in Cairo after several fanatics have stopped building the church, however the due permits were optioned and the church have been already serving the Copts for 38 years.

A Coptic businessman donated a piece of land to build the Church of the 21 martyrs of Libya to be built in their birthplace at Al Awar village in Samalout.

Maged Wadie, head of Saving the Egyptian Heritage Society, filed petition in court to prevent Wadi Rayan highway project that penetrates a Coptic monastery and threatens several antiquities in that area.

Monk Paul of Wadi Rayyan said that the new road at the monastery is going to split the monastery in two parts and will reach the top of the mountain then goes down, which exceeds the global road specifications.

The monks of the Monastery of St. Macarius of Alexandria at Wadi Rayyan have sent two letters to the Pope in which they assert their obedience to the church and the Pope.

Father Mina el Kes, Priest of Menshat Kais village, Beni Mazar, said that Emad Yakoub was tortured to death by armed militias in Libya after he was targeted for being Christian as the militias saw the tattoo of the cross on his hands.

Assiut Security Directorate is investigating Ashraf Halaka, gang leader that kept terrorizing the Copts and imposing royalties on them.

Family of new Coptic victim in Libya, Milad Yacoub, appealed to President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi to intervene and return the body of their son.

Copts in Galaa village, Minya, are waiting for police to convince the extremists to allow rebuilding a church. Father Dawod Nashed, deputy of Samalout Diocese, said that we’re waiting for police to fulfill their promise, especially as the church is already existing 38 years ago. We only seek a church to pray!

Many Italian demonstrators gave the government a mandate to fight terrorism and stop the illegal immigrants streaming across the coast of Libya to Italian cities.

Gangs specialized in kidnapping of the Copts and imposing royalties in Shamia village have increased their activities recently.

Police in Galaa village, Samalout, failed to convince a group of fanatics to accept the restoration of the church in spite of getting the due permits.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, said that a Coptic businessman, had announced to build a modern hospital carrying the name of the 21 Coptic martyrs in Libya in order to serve the people in the village.

Father Boktor Saad, priest of St. Mary Church in Kafr Hakim, Kerdasa, said he was surprised to hear the pleading of the accused of burning the church in which the lawyer claimed there was no church in village at all!

Church of St. Mary at Ain Shams holds tomorrow the forty days memorial service for martyrs of Ain Shams who were killed last January 25.