Egypt and the European Union signed today two agreements for comprehensive growth and job creation to combat the challenges of migration in Egypt, with a total value of €135 million. The agreements were signed by Egypt s Minister of Investment Sahar Nasr and General Director of the Neighborhood Policy and EU Enlargement Christian Danielson. The minister clarified that the funding agreement for the program of EU s facility of comprehensive growth and job creation is worth €75 million. Nasr added that the agreement supporting the program to combat migration challenges in Egypt, worth €60 million, is funded by the European Emergency Fund for Africa, and includes contributions from Germany and the International Planning Organization.

The Board of Directors of the New Urban Communities approved the building of a new church in the city of Sadat. The new church will be built on 2000 square meters and will be following the Coptic Orthodox Church.

Abba Serapion, Archbishop of Los Angeles, visited the Monastery of St. Maurice in Switzerland as part of his pastoral visit to the diocese of southern France and the French sector of Switzerland. He was received by Abba Luke, Bishop of the diocese and a number of the clergy.

Abba Paula, Bishop of Tanta attended the Bridges of Peace Conference in Italy as representative of the Coptic Orthodox Church. The International Conference was held from 14 to 16 October in Bologna

His Holiness Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, paid a visit to the shrine of the Metropolitan Bishoy of Damietta and Kafr El-Sheikh and former secretary of the Holy Synod. The late Bishop died at the age of 76 and was buried at a shrine in the Monastery of St. Demiana in Belqas. Pope was not able to attend his funeral since he was in a pastoral care visit to the United States of America.

At the last stop of his current pastoral visit of the United States of America, Pope ordained two priests at the church of St. John in Lexington, California. The new priests are Father Mina for the church of St. George in Lexington, Seattle and promoted Father Angelos for the church of St. George in Kirkland, Seattle to the rank of Hegumin.

Presidnet Abdul Fattah al-Sisi honored Major General Baki Zaki Youssef, the army officer credited with the idea to destroy the Bar Lev line on the Suez Canal s eastern bank during the 1973 Arab Israeli war. The present was given to wife of the late General Awatif Naguib Eskandar. This came during the celebrations of October war victory.

His Holiness Pope Tawadros II visited the Church of the Virgin Mary and St. Mina in Concord, California and met the congregation of the church. His Holiness congratulated them on the new building and advised them to nominate a new priest to help in the ministry.

His Holiness Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, left the United States of America after his pastoral care visit that lasted about one month. This was his second visit to the United States of America during which he inaugurated a number of churches and met with thousands of Coptic people.

The spokesman of the Coptic Orthodox Church published a statement about the visit of Pope Tawadros II to America. Statement revealed that during this visit Pope has inaugurated 14 churches and celebrated 18 holy masses and delivered 41 sermons and lectures. Pope has also laid the foundation stone of 4 service buildings and promoted 11 priests to the rank of Heugmin and ordained 2 priests and one archdeacon.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, baptized 9 children in the Church of the St. Verena at New Port Richey, following the inauguration of the church. Pope had inaugurated the Church of Saint Verena in New Port Richey, Florida, that belongs to the southern United States Coptic diocese.

His Holiness Pope Twadros II inaugurated today the Church of Saint Verena in New Port Richey, Florida Of the Southern United States Parish. His Holiness also celebrated the Divine Liturgy, following the completion of the inauguration ritual.

45 members of the Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church participated in the funeral prayers of Metropolitan Bishoy of Kafr El-Sheikh and Damietta and the head of St. Demiana Monastery, which was held at the monastery of St. Demiana in Belqas. Among the participants was Metropolitan Bakhomios, former acting Patriarch and 3 bishops delegated by Pope Tawadros II, who is currently in a pastoral care visit in the United States of America.

His Holiness Pope Twadros II, inaugurated the church of Pope Cyril VI and Archdeacon Habib Gerges in Washington, DC, New Jersey. His Holiness also inaugurated the icons of the Church and the Pantocrator (the bosom of the Father). It is worth mentioning that this is the first time that His Holiness has inaugurated an altar on the name of Saint Habib Gerges in the Diaspora after he the founder of Sunday schools was acknowledged a saint by the Coptic church in 2013.

During his pastoral care visit to the United States of America, Pope Tawadros II laid the foundation stone of the new Papal Headquarters in Cedar Grove. Pope explained that they put a wooden box contains the holy bible, picture of the saint and newspaper to show the upcoming generations about the current events. He added that the project is huge and the congregation has to take it seriously to complete it in the best way.

In his meeting with Copts of New Jersey, Poe Tawadros II said that Egyptian president Abdul Fattah al-Sisi and the government are excreting great effort for development. He added that the new projects need time to complete and bring its fruits.

His Holiness Pope Tawadros II, of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, laid today the foundation stone of the Cathedral of St. Mina and Pope Cyril in Stony Point in New Jersey. This came during his pastoral care visit to the United States of America during which he inaugurated several churches and met with the congregation.

Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, received today at the papal headquarter in New Jersey the Ambassador of Egypt to Ethiopia. This came during his pastoral care visit to the United States of America during which he inaugurated several churches and met with the congregations.

Coptic churches and monasteries in Egypt celebrated the holy feast of the Cross called in other churches “The Exaltation of the Holy Cross”. The Cross of Jesus Christ was discovered in 326 by Saint Helena, the mother of the Roman Emperor Constantine the Great, during a pilgrimage she made to Jerusalem. The Church of the Holy Sepulchre was then built at the site of the discovery, by order of Helena and Constantine. The church was dedicated nine years later, with a portion of the cross placed inside it. The date of the feast marks the dedication of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in 335.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, visited the monastery of the Virgin Mary in Ohio for nuns. The monastery is under construction on an area of 10 acres. The visit comes as part of the pastoral care visit of Pope Tawadros to the United States of America.

During his meeting with officials and graduates of Pope Shenouda s Theological Seminary East America, His Holiness Pope Twadros II talked about projects for the future of ecclesiastical education including the planning of the establishment of the largest Coptic library in the world, as well as the establishment of an electronic Theological school and the Coptic Theological Academy in Cairo. The Coptic Orthodox Church is building the largest Coptic library in the world at the papal headquarters in the monastery of St. Bishoy on an area of one acre and will collect the largest number of rare Coptic books and manuscripts and will be opened in November.