Allegations that Egypt was confiscating the Greek Orthodox monastery appeared to have become a thorny issue between Egypt and Greece, drawing high-level diplomatic responses.

A court ruling in Egypt about St. Catherine’s Monastery in Sinai has sparked grave concern within the Greek Orthodox Church about religious freedom. Thursday, July 03, 2025 A service of EWTN News ...

ST. HERMAN OF ALASKA MONASTERY AND HOUSE OF HOSPITALITY (St. Herman's House of Hospitality), located at 4410 Franklin Blvd. in OHIO CITY, was established to extend Christian charity to jobless and ...

This week, Greek Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis met with his Egyptian counterpart, Badr Abdelatty, in Cairo to discuss the recent ruling on Saint Catherine's Monastery that sparked fears ...

The monastery welcomes anyone who would like to visit — provided they are male. In a more than 1,000-year-old tradition, women are banned from the entire peninsula, which is deemed the Virgin ...

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said Egypt was "fully committed to preserving the unique and sacred religious status of Saint Catherine's monastery", in a phone call with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos ...

As a Greek delegation prepares to arrive in Cairo on Wednesday to resolve tensions over the fate of St Catherine’s Monastery in Sinai, Ahram Online examines how the controversy surrounding one ...

After fifteen centuries of autonomy, the Orthodox Monastery of St. Catherine on Mount Sinai has passed into the hands of the Egyptian State, according to a ruling issued by the Ismailia court. The ...

The monastery is one of 20 in the autonomous all-male monastic community of Mount Athos, known in Greek as Agion Oros, or Holy Mountain. The peninsula is no stranger to foreigners.

At the foot of Mount Sinai, the Greek Orthodox Monastery of St. Catherine stands as one of Christianity’s oldest active places of worship. [Photo by Sarantis Michalopoulos / Euractiv] Brussels ...

Archbishop Ieronymos, head of the Greek Orthodox church in Athens, warned the monastery's property could now be "seized and confiscated". Egypt has defended the court ruling, saying it ...

The monastery is one of 20 in the autonomous all-male monastic community of Mount Athos, known in Greek as Agion Oros, or Holy Mountain. The peninsula is no stranger to foreigners.