Pope Twadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, received today at the papal headquarters of the Cathedral of St. Mark in Abbasiyah staff members and students of the Faculty of Staff and Commanders of the armed forces. His Holiness delivered a lecture on History of the Coptic Orthodox Church during the meeting.

Senior chanter of the great St. Mark Cathedral in Abbasia, Ibrahim Ayyad, led the European Coptic choir St. Cyril in Brighton, England. The choir includes 120 chanter and music player belong to several Coptic churches in Europe and is led by Dr. Michel Henein.

In his weekly sermon, Pope Tawadros II, thanked Pope Francis and President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi for calling him in hospital to check on his health condition while he was in hospital. Pope congratulate the Coptic church on the Nativity Fast and the holy month of Koiak.

Bishop Raphael, secretary of the Holy Synod, criticized the intention of the parliament to discuss the proposal of Western Names law and to fine and even send to prison those who chose Foreign Names for their children. He added: are we out of troubles that we decided to keep our selves busy thinking about the names of the newborn?

Coptic Church to hold the sixteenth conference of faith at St. Mark House in Agamy to respond to atheism. Several bishops are going to give lectures about the topic and the holy trinity as well as the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Orthodox faith.

Islamophobia Observatory condemned the promise of "Freedom" party in the Netherlands to close all mosques and ban the Koran.

Egyptian Initiative expressed extreme irritation with the latest increase in sectarian violence in Minya governorate that 77 sectarian violence incident were recorded since the revolution of January 25, 2011, but not including the attacks after the dispersal of Rabaa Adawia and Nahda sit-ins.

The Muslim Brotherhood group confirmed its participation in the demonstrations on Friday because of the crisis of Tiran and Sanafir islands.

Abba Abram, bishop of Fayoum, Abba Isaac, General Bishop, and Abba Salib, Bishop of Mit Ghamr, consecrated the church of Prince Tadros at Nazla village, Fayoum.

Police arrested 9 leaders of the Muslims Brotherhood who were accused in many crimes such as destruction of public and private institutions and 3 extremist elements who called for violence against police and army, and incited hatred.

One of the monks at Wadi Rayan monastery said the construction workers have arrived to start working on the new road.

Egypt’s Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab has appointed Engineer Hani Azer adviser to the Prime Minister for transportation, communications and tunnels.

Hany Khayat, lawyer, said that Copts in Assiut have been suffering from kidnappers who randomly kidnap their children for ransoms.