Great Transfiguration: Egypt plans a mega tourist city near Saint Catherine’s Monastery at Sinai. Credit: Gerhard Plezinger Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 3.0 The area around the historic Greek Orthodox ...

The ownership of Saint Catherine Monastery on Mount Sinai has been disputed by the Eqyptian court. Credit: Joonas Plaan/Wikimedia Commons/CC BY 2.0 The recent Egyptian court decision on the status of ...

In contrast, the Egyptian state issued reassurances regarding the monastery’s status. His Beatitude Ieronymos II, archbishop of Athens and All Greece, condemned the ... Pilgrims through Christ’s ...

He urged the Greek government and international bodies to intervene immediately to safeguard the monastery’s religious and cultural role, and reaffirmed his solidarity with Archbishop Damianos ...

St. Catherine’s Monastery, which is inhabited by Greek Orthodox monks in Egypt, is considered to be the world’s oldest continuously operating Christian monastery. Established in the 6th ...

A recent Egyptian court decision concerning the land surrounding the Saint Catherine’s Monastery in the Sinai peninsula has provoked concern from Greek ecclesiastical and political authorities, amid ...

It also underscored the importance of maintaining the strong, fraternal ties between Egypt and Greece without compromise. Responding to inquiries from the Middle East News Agency (MENA), a Foreign ...

In May 2023, the Archbishop led a pilgrimage of Greek Americans to the sacred site, emphasizing its continued role as a place of pilgrimage and spiritual reflection. “Our visit reaffirmed the ...

The Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs has affirmed ongoing coordination with Egyptian authorities to safeguard the sacred character of the Holy Monastery of Saint Catherine on Mount Sinai, following a ...

Mount Athos is a self-governed monastic territory in Greece, home to centuries-old monasteries where monks live in devotion to prayer and spiritual life. Women are banned from entering the area.