The second phase of the project to train church leaders in the ecclesiastical education development project started with the participation of 248 trainee from 14 dioceses. The project aims to train 1000 priests and ministers on new skills in ecclesiastical education using the Bible, the liturgy, the teachings of the Fathers, the history of the Church and the Coptic identity. Abba Raphael, the General Secretary of the Holy Synod, delivered a sermon about the characteristics of the Coptic Church.

The Coptic Cultural Center offers pre-marriage courses after the Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church decided that such courses are mandatory before getting married in the church. The first level talked about the importance of engagement and factors of its success, and when to break the engagement.

Abba Aghathon, Bishop of Maghagha, announced his solidarity with Abba Makarious, Bishop of Minya, in the recent crises of closed churches. Abba Aghathon said that the government has to react to the problem since the only demand of the Copts is to hold their prayers in peace.

Sources in the Egyptian tourism ministry said that 193 thousand tourists have visited Sharm El-Sheikh and Hurghada in October. He explained that such increase in the number reflects the restoration of tourism industry in Egypt after years of retardation due to the security situation.

Mohammed Saafan, Egyptian Minister of Manpower, said that that the guidebook of jobs in Egypt added 2523 new professions emerged in the labor market to make the total number 5923 professions. The guidebook aims to make clear definition of each job in order to protect the rights of Egyptian workers as well as to develop each job.

Abba Makarious, Bishop of Minya, said that the government accept the pressure of the fanatics and closes Coptic Churches. He added that the government has to save the rights of the Copts to pray, especially as we never attacked anybody.

Abba Ghobrial, bishop of Beni Suef, announced that Egyptians working abroad will still have to take obligatory pre-marriage courses, but they can take the course material and then take the exam when they return home. He added that the Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church decided that such courses are mandatory before getting married in the church.

The monastery of St. Mary in Jabal al-Tair is being developed by the Egyptian government as part of the path of the Holy Family to Egypt which was recognized as pilgrimage place. The governor of Minya visited the place and held meeting with the ministry of antiquities in order to discuss a plat to develop the area of the monastery.

Islam Buheiry, liberal Islamic scholar, praised the decision of the Council of State Court to refuse the claim of the Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar to stop his television show. He added in a statement on his official Facebook page that the court ruling supports freedom of expression.

The Egyptian government began to launch the largest national campaign to encourage newly married couples to regulate birth, and have only two children, to cope with excessive population growth. The Ministry of Health decided to promote contraceptives for men for the first time. Dr. Souad Abdel Meguid, head of the population and family planning sector at the Ministry of Health, said that the program provides contraceptives for men and women for the first time at reproductive health centers.

Andrew Nasif was the first Christian man to be tried according to the new law of terrorism in Egypt on charges of inciting terrorism. Nasif was sentenced to five years in prison after he was accused of inciting hatred on Facebook and calling to change the constitution by violence.

Abba Angelos, Bishop of North Shubra, ordained a new deacon for the ministry in the church and called him Deacon Theophilus. 7 other deacons were ordained in the rank of Epsaluts and some of the altar vessels were consecrated as well.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, decided to ordain 7 new bishops on November 11 at St. Mary Church in Zaytoun, Cairo. The monk Bijoul Mahrouki, the dean of the seminary in Deir Muharraq was chosen to be the bishop and head of the monastery. Father Giovanni Ava Chinote, the monk at the monastery of Anba Shenouda in Milan, will be the bishop of churches in Central Europe. Father Antonio Ava Chinote is the new bishop of Milan. Father Seraphim the Serian is the new Bishop of Ohio, Michigan and Indiana, in the United States of America.

The Coptic Church of St. John the Baptist in Brighton, England, received Abba Paula, Bishop of Tanta who is visiting England in a pastoral care visit. During his visit, Bishop Paula, ordained a number of deacons and consecrated the holy vessels in the church.

A Coptic man was injured in sectarian attack in Al-Qusheiry village in Minya in which a group of extremists attacked the church of St. Moses. The church was recently built, but the fanatics decided to attack it during a famous football event thinning that the police will be busy securing the sport event. They started attacking the place with stones and tried to storm into the place, but police managed to stop the attack and the matter is currently under investigation.

The fourth conference of the Bible study in Alexandria was held from October 18 – 21 in Wadil Natroun. The conference was attended by 35 Fathers, 75 Servants and Servants from the Churches of Alexandria and Marsa Matruh. The conference aims to teach the participants innovative ways to study the Bible, and was organized by the Bible House in Egypt and the St. Timothy Center of Youth Bishopric.

A Coptic man was injured in sectarian attacks in Qushairy village against the church of St. Moses in the village. This came as fanatics in the village refuse to have a church in their village.

Police in Suhag have closed down a church in Hager Sakolta village after the extremists demonstrated against holding prayer inside it. Police said that the church is not licensed and has several violations in the construction.

Coptic church denounced the lack of appreciation of Israeli government as it refuses to allow the Coptic ministers to reconstruct the church of Dir Sultan that needed reconstruction work after a little brick had fallen from its roof. Egyptian diplomacy supported the right of Coptic Church in Dir Sultan monastery in Jerusalem and refused the start of this construction work without complete cooperation with the Coptic Orthodox Church.

Coptic Orthodox church concluded the first phase of "Heritage of Our Church" training project with the participation of 215 priests and ministers representing 12 dioceses. The first group included ministers from Aswan, Esna, Arment, Luxor, Balina, Dar el-Salaam, Gerga, Mallawi, Ansna, Ashmounin, Helwan, Maadi, Shoubra El Kheima, Banha and Quesna governorates.

Coptic Orthodox Church in Ethiopia organized a medical caravan headed by Dr. Kamal Ibrahim, professor of spinal surgery at the University of Loyola Chicago, USA, and a medical team of 14 doctors. Ambassador Abu Bakr Hefni Mahmoud, Egypt s ambassador to Ethiopia, said that the caravan treats many people, conduct the delicate spinal surgery of the Ethiopians, and also trains Ethiopian medical team to perform these surgeries.