Bishop Tadros of Port Said headed the 40 days memorial service of Father Abona Michael Anis in New Jersey. The service also included the memorial service of the first annual anniversary of the deacon Dr. Mina Raouf Raddana.

Bishop Makar of Sharqia and 10th of Ramadan City, and supervisor of some churches in Canada, presided over the Holy Mass at the Cathedral of St. Mark in Toronto, Canada. During the Holy Mass, he delivered a sermon entitled ‘nevertheless at Your word I will let down the net.’

The Council of Churches of Egypt visited today the Grand Imam Dr. Ahmed El-Tayeb, Sheikh of Al-Azhar, at his headquarters in Al-Azhar, Cairo. Grand Imam received a delegation of more than thirty members representing the Council of Churches of Egypt who talked about the document of human brotherhood signed in the United Arab Emirates between His Excellency a representative of the Islamic world and His Holiness Pope Francis of the Vatican.

Bishop Barnabas of Turin and Rome visited the Diocese of Northern Germany at the invitation of Bishop Demian of Northern Germany. The celebrated the Holy Mass and ordained a number of new deacons for churches of the Virgin Mary and St. Murice in Höxter.

Father Metias Naguib, priest of the church of the Virgin Mary and St. Tomas in Ezbet Nashid in Sharqia, participated in the opening ceremony of Islah (reform) mosque. The celebration was attended by a number of senior officials and clergy of Sharqia who delivered speeches of love, peace and coexistence.

Major General Ahmed Abdallah, governor of the Red Sea, congratulated Father Mina Aziz, priest of the St. Shenouda Church in Hurgada to the rank of Hegumin. Bishop Ilarion of the Red Sea had promoted the priest and received the governor who congratulated him on his enthronement as well as the feast of the Virgin Mary.

5000 competitors are participating at the final stage for the festival of Saint Mark 2019 known as Keraza festival and entitled "We are building”. It is held under the patronage of His Holiness Pope Tawadros II and in the presence of Bishops Moussa and Isaac. The final stage of the competition was held at the monastery of St. Yassa Michael in Tima form July 26 to 28 in various activities.

The Catholic Authority for Christian Education in the Middle East held its 24th session in Beirut. The session was headed by Father Claude Ndreh, Chairman of the Commission and its members who represent their country. The members from Egypt, Iraq, Palestine, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon and Syria shared their experiences and 80 teachers gave sermons.

The first educational tours for the children of Upper Egypt arrived in Cairo to visit the complex of religions within the activities of the week of cultural integration of children of the border areas with the children of the capital, which is organized by the General Authority for Culture Palaces in the period from 24 to 31 July. The visit included inspecting the fortress of Babylon and identifying its history and the reasons for its construction to protect the country from military invasion. They also visited the Church of the Virgin Mary and the Church of St. George, and the Coptic Museum where they learned about the Coptic art of paintings, icons and colors. At the end of their tour, they visited the Hanging Church where they participated in art workshop to draw paintings imitating the museum icons using the Pastel colors.

The Red Sea diocese celebrated on Saturday the enthronement of Abba Elarion, new bishop of the diocese. The celebration was attended by a number of senior officials of the governorate, and clergy and congregation of the diocese as well as a number of bishops.

3 Coptic Bishops attended the celebration of St. Besentaus in Naqada, Qena. The celebration included a spiritual renaissance for 5 days during which the congregation were blessed by the holy relics.

His Grace Bishop Sharobim of Qena received part of the remains of St. Besentaous from Bishop Pemen of Naqada and Qus. The grave of the saint was recently discovered in Asas desert.

Abba Abraham Isaac, Patriarch of Alexandria For Copts Catholics, arrived at Kerala Airport in India in a pastoral care visit where he was received by Archbishop Julius, the Patriarchal Vicar of Patriarch Mar Iglesias, Patriarch of the Church of Siro Malancar. The visit comes to exchange partnership between the churches and to attend the celebration of St. Ivanius, founder of the Siro Malancar church. The visit will continue until July 17.

Bishop Hadra of Aswan and Head of the Monastery of St. Bachomius in Edfu ordained new deacons at the feast of the Apostles at the monastery of St. Bachomius. New holy vessels were also inaugurated in the monastery on that occasion.

General Adel Ghadhban, Governor of Port Said, received a delegation from the church presided by Bishop Tadros of Port Said. The visit comes as part of the exchange of visits between the leaders of the province that witness a number of development and national projects including comprehensive health insurance project and the digital province project.

Bishop Barnabas of Rome and Turin delegated the monk Thawfils of the Syrian monastery o participate in the celebrations of the June 30 Revolution. He was received by Ambassador Mahmoud Sami, Ambassador of Egypt to Italy.

His Grace Bishop Makar of Sharkia held a meeting with a number of Coptic families in Canada during his visit to St. Mark Church in Toronto. This comes during his pastoral care visit to Canada, during which he is going to visit a number of Coptic monasteries and churches.

Bishop Sharubim of Qena ordained new deacons at the Virgin Church in basin 10 in the center of Qena. This came during the Holy Mass celebrated at the church and the new deacons were graduated from deacons school.

Bishop Makar of Sharqia and supervisor of St. Moussa the black monastery in Canada, celebrated the feast of St. Moussa in his monastery in Canada yesterday. The monastery celebrated today the feast of St. Moussa the black and a glorification of him.

Bishop Youssab of Luxor ordained 57 new deacons in the rank of Ebsaltus (translated as chanter) who have recently graduated from the deacon s school. This came during the celebration of the feast of Archangel Michael on June 19th.

The Isna and Armant diocese organized a mass for the sick and the elderly at the Monastery of the Virgin and Wadmon the martyr in Luxor. The Holy liturgy was presided over by Father Cyrilos Gohar, and the participants shared a meal of love after the Holy Mass.