Metropolitan Markos of Shubra al-Khaimah celebrated yesterday the first Holy Mass in Saudi Arabia. During his visit to the Saudi Arabia he met with several senior officials as well as members of the Coptic congregation in the Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman had met with the Coptic Pope at Cairo s largest Coptic cathedral last March, which was an unprecedented visit and a nice gesture followed by allowing Copts to celebrate the Holy Mass in Saudi Arabia.

Abba Hedra, Metropolitan of Aswan, returned to Cairo after completing his therapeutic trip to America. He was received at the airport by many of the congregation who came to wish him speedy recovery after he underwent an operation to replace Knee Joint.

The delegation of the Greek Orthodox Church visited the Monastery of St. Mina in Mariout after they were blessed by the relics of St. Mark in Alexandria. The delegation included Bishop Agnathios, Archbishop of Volos, Bishop Christostomos, Archbishop of Zhozonis, AbbaYoannis, Archbishop of Pendelis Monastery, and Archimandrite Speridhan Katermanos. They were received yesterday by Bishop Pavlos, Coptic Bishop of Greece.

The first hearing of the man accused of attacking St. George Church in Ain Shams will be held on November 28. Police investigations suggested the man has mental disorder and that he doesn t belong to any terrorist group.

Patriarchs of the East held the 26th conference in Baghdad to discuss the situation of Christians of the Middle East. The conference lasts till the end of the month, and today they celebrated the holy mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Deliverance, after eight years have passed on its terrorist attack.

Fatwa Observatory of Al-Azhar said that terrorists celebrated the Prophet s Birthday by exploding Mosques and Kill the worshippers. The terrorist attacks reached 33 that were carried out by 12 terrorist organization and the victims of the attacks reached 685.

The visit of Christian tourists to the religious monuments in Hurghada made tourism industry flourishes. This came after a number of initiatives were launched by the province to attract more religious tourism.

The Coptic Orthodox church has started the Nativity fasting today. The Nativity Fast is a period of abstinence and penance practiced by the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Eastern Catholic Churches, in preparation for the Nativity of Jesus.

The Fatwa observatory and Egyptian Mufti have denounced targeting Christians in Syria by Tahrir al-Sham organization, the arm of al-Qaeda in Syria, against the Christian citizens and seizing their properties. Christians in Syria have received a message from Tahrir al-Sham organization asking them to deliver their properties to the Office of real estate and spoils.

Couple of days after a young Christian man was killed while trying to defend a Muslim girl in Aswan, a number of Muslim girls visited the church of St. Mary in Malawy and cleaned it before the holy mass. Many people praised their positive attitude and the love among Muslims and Christians in Egypt.

12 terrorists were killed while exchanging fire with police in Arish. Police have arranged security crackdown based on information about the existence of terrorists. Police have seized 7 automatic weapons and an explosive belt and two explosive devices.

Italian police arrested a young Egyptian man, on charges of planning to carry out terrorist attacks inside the country. The 22-year-old Egyptian citizen, Essam al-Sayed al-Sayyid, has been arrested by Italian police and was accused of leading a terrorist group and joining the terrorist organization of ISIS. The young man confessed he carried out a previous attack last July, in which 4 people were killed.

A number of boys have stoned houses of the Copts in Manin village, Minya, before police intervened and forced them to flee. The boys have also attacked the church, which was shut down last April by Police.

Catholic Church participated in the annual Conference of the Council of Churches of Egypt, with priests of different denominations. The conference that was held in Wadil Natroun concentrated on the skills of visiting the absent people and its importance. 60 priests from various churches, including the Orthodox, Catholic, Evangelical, Episcopal, and the Greek Orthodox Church.

Governor of Minya and its senior officials held a customary reconciliation session between two families who had a revenge history among its sons. Taking revenge in Upper Egypt is a habit that shed a lot of innocent blood and caused instability. Two people were killed last October over financial dispute between the two families.

Suez Canal Authority Chairman and Head of the Suez Canal Economic Zone, Mohab Mamish, said that three contracts were signed with the investors of the northern region of Suez Canal Economic Authority, which will provide job opportunities for the sons of Port Said and establish new investments in the new East Port Said industrial zone. The projects offer investments by billions of dollars and provides more than 2000 jobs.

Murderer of the Coptic doctor Tharwat Georgy in Dirout declared his belonging to ISIS before he was sentenced to death penalty by Egyptian court. The terrorist said he sees Copts are infidels and their money, souls and belongings are lawful to seize and their blood is permissible to shed.

The Coptic Orthodox Church is holding an international conference on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the establishment of Sunday schools inside the Egyptian churches. The Conference includes 10 scientific sessions held within the Orthodox Cultural Center in the Great Cathedral of St. Markia in Abbasia, that discuss the history, present and future of the Sunday schools in the Copts Church. The International Conference will be patronized by His Holiness Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and the Patriarch of St. Mark See.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, recieved on Monday the families of martyrs and victims of the incident of St. Samuel the Confessor in Minya at the papal headquarters of the Cathedral of St. Mark in Abbassia Pope Tawadros paid tribute to the families of the martyrs assuring the support of the Church for them and promised to take care of the victims currently receiving treatment at hospitals.

Dr. Amr Hamroush, Secretary of the Religious Committee in the Egyptian House of Representatives, denied that the religion field in the Egyptian national ID has any negative effects since all Egyptians are equal before the Egyptian constitution and law. He added that there is no difference between a Muslim and a Christian citizen under the principle of equal citizenship. MP Silvia Nabil, a member of the plan and budget committee, said that she supports the removal of the religion field on the national ID card.

Sheikh Makher Shahin, Imam and preacher of Omar Makram Mosque, called to removed religion field from the Egyptian national ID assuring that this will lead to equality among all citizens. Many activists called to removed religion field from the Egyptian national ID after the recent terrorist attack on Copts at St. Samuel monastery in Minya province.