Church of the Virgin Mary and St. Bolas the Apostle, Karmooz

On the evening of Thursday, 7 April 2022, at approximately 8 PM, while present at the Sidi Bishr area east of Alexandria with a group of youth and servants from his church following a trip to Abu Haifa beach, Hegumen Arsanios Wadid, priest of the Church of the Virgin Mary and St. Bolas in Karmooz, was suddenly attacked and stabbed by a 60-year-old man, who wounded him in the neck, severing the main artery. He was immediately transferred to the Military Hospital in Sidi Gaber, where resuscitation attempts were unsuccessful, and he passed away shortly after arrival.