A special Egyptian day was held at St. Mary and St. Mina Cathedral in Australia aiming to encourage tourism in Egypt.

Fire broke out in a house of a Coptic pharmacist in Minya governorate, and it took fire fighters more than 90 minutes to extinguish the fire.

Abba Makarious, Bishop of Minya, said in an interview with Nabaa newspaper that the total losses of the recent Minya attacks are estimated at 400.000 LE.

Police investigations accused 7 new defendants in the incident of stripping a Coptic old lady off in Minya. Nazir Ahmed, grocer, had divorced his wife after rumors about a romantic relationship between her and a Coptic man called Ahsraf Daniel. The Muslim man attacked mother of the Coptic man and stripped her off in order to punish her son.

Abba Anthony Aziz, Bishop of Giza Catholic Church, said Christian Churches didn’t agree over personal status law and that the Catholic Church will add new articles.

Abba Anthony, Bishop of Jerusalem, traveled today from Kuwait to Lebanon for a pastoral care visit. He had arrived to Kuwait last Wednesday accompanied by Father Antonius Subhi, priest of the Coptic Church in Jordan, and was received by Ambassador Howayda Essam, Consul General of Egypt in Kuwait.

Egyptian newspapers said that husband of the old lady in Minya ignored talking about stripping his wife off in police statement.

Abba Pfnotios, Bishop of Samalout, visited the historic church of Our Lady as part of the preparation for the celebrations at Jabal al-Tir.

Coptic Orthodox Church in Germany organized conference for the Coptic parents in Germany, Austria, the Netherlands and France at the monastery of St. Anthony in Germany in the presence of Father Poulos George, priest of St. Mark Church in Heliopolis, and 260 parents.

Ihab Ramzy, lawyer of Copts in Karm village that witnessed the recent sectarian strife and violence, said he will present videos of the main witness after she retracted her statements after her husband and son were accused in the case.

The Egyptian armed forces started repairing homes of the Copts in Karm village, Minya governorate, that witnessed violence over sectarian strife after rumors about romantic relationship between a Coptic man and a Muslim woman. several homes were looted and destroyed in the attacks and a Coptic old woman was stripped off by the mobs.

Al-Watan newspaper said that police in Minya have arrested 7 new defendants on charges of attacking and old woman in Minya and stripping her off.

Development youth movement in Minya launched campaign calling for the dismissal of the governor of Minya after a Coptic old lady was stripped of by mobs.

Ahemd Argawy, Salafi member of the Parliament, said that stripping a Coptic lady off is normal in our society! He added that we should be wise to deal with the matter. This came after stripping Coptic lady off in Minya after rumors about a romantic relationship between her son and a Muslim girl.

3 new suspects were arrested in the incidents of Karm village, Minya governorate. 13 people have been arrested by police pending investigations.

Al-Wafd Egyptian newspaper said that Coptic extremists exaggerated the matter in Minya incident.

Dr. Tariq Hajji, Egyptian writer, invited the state to take decisive action in Minya incident during which a Coptic old woman was stripped off by mobs after rumors about a romantic relationship between her son and a Muslim girl.

The Council of Catholic Patriarchs and Bishops in Egypt held its biannual meeting in St. Stephen House in Maadi.

Ihab Ramzi, Coptic activist, said that extremists in Karm village, Minya governorate, stripped off an old Coptic lady after rumors about a romantic relationship between her son and a Muslim girl.

Father Rafik Grish, spokesman for the Catholic Church, described the meeting, between Pope Francis and Dr. Ahmed Al-Tayeb, Sheikh of Al-Azhar as historical meeting.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, is going to ordain new bishops on June 11th.