Greece and Egypt have agreed to safeguard the status of one of the world's oldest sites of Christian worship, foreign ...

Greece and Egypt have agreed to protect the status of St. Catherine's Monastery. The monastery, founded in the 6th century, is a UNESCO World Heritage site. An Egyptian court ruling raised ...

Egypt, Greece Agree to Protect Status of Mount Sinai Monastery, After Court Ruling ATHENS (Reuters) -Greece and Egypt have agreed to safeguard the status of one of the world's oldest sites of ...

"We agreed in the immediate future to work towards safeguarding the rights of the monastery, as well as its legal status," Greek Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis said after meeting his ...

Egypt's foreign minister told Greece that Egypt will preserve the spiritual and religious value of the historic Saint Catherine's Monastery, which is part of the Greek Orthodox church. Egypt's ...

MOUNT ATHOS, Greece (AP) — The medieval monastery clings almost impossibly to sheer cliffs high above the shimmering turquoise of the Aegean Sea. Rising from the rugged granite rock, its walls ...

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 ...

In contrast, the Egyptian state issued reassurances regarding the monastery’s status. His Beatitude Ieronymos II, archbishop of Athens and All Greece, condemned the verdict as a grave ...