An appeals court in the Egyptian city of Ismailia has ruled that the monks of St. Catherine’s Monastery in the Sinai Peninsula have the right to use the monastery and surrounding religious heritage ...

The future of St. Catherine’s Monastery in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula remains a source of controversy, with tensions rising after a recent court ruling that transferred the site to state ownership while ...

Dating back to the sixth century BC, St Catherine's Monastery is the world's oldest continuously inhabited monastery — Sally KANDIL Nestled in the Sinai mountains, the ancient St Catherine's Monastery ...

Ladan Cher visits St. Catherine’s Monastery at Mt. Sinai and talks about the monks’ manuscript preservation efforts: Just as they have done for 17 centuries, the Greek Orthodox monks of St.

An extraordinary general assembly is set for tomorrow morning. Abbot Damianos resigned recently following internal tensions and a clash with Patriarch Theophilos III. In the past few months, the ...

Nestled in the Sinai mountains, the ancient St Catherine's Monastery has been the centre of recent tensions after an Egyptian court ruled last week that it sat on state-owned land. Dating back to the ...

The power struggle surrounding (and within) the Monastery of St. Catherine in Sinai, one of the oldest and most revered Christian sites in the world, has ended, putting an end to a crisis that had ...

Dating back to the sixth century BC, St Catherine's Monastery is the world's oldest continuously inhabited monastery - Copyright AFP/File Sally KANDIL Dating back to ...