Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III assigned Bishop Yu’annis to prepare a report on churches that need restoration or new buildings to make restoration requests to the concerned authorities by himself. 

On the other hand, the crisis between Bishop Aghathoun of Maghāghah and Ahmad Diyā’ al-Dīn, Minya governor, has reached a deadlock after the former threatened the latter to submit the issue to sovereign authorities.