His Grace Bishop Ermia, General Bishop and President of the Coptic Orthodox Cultural Center, has extended his condolences to families of the two soldiers martyred following an explosion of an armored vehicle in Areesh, in which they had been riding along the airport route, south of Areesh on Friday, and His Grace wrote on his Facebook page: “We console the families of the two soldiers martyred following the armored vehicle explosion in Areesh tonight. May the Lord grant their families solace and patience, and grant support to the injured and power and fortitude to our armed forces in their stance against terrorism.”