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 ...

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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.

A spokesperson for the monastery said St. Tikhon's Monastery remains a historical center for the Orthodox Christian faithful as the first and oldest Orthodox monastery in the nation. "120 years ...

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Egypt and Greece sought to ease tensions over the historic St Catherine’s monastery in the Sinai peninsula on Friday after a controversial court ruling said it sat on state-owned land.

However, Egyptian officials have repeatedly affirmed that the project focuses on developing the surrounding city, not the monastery itself. Constructed in 548 AD in South Sinai, the St. Catherine ...

A history buff with a metal detector recently led archaeologists to the site of a medieval monastery – all thanks to a strange symbol spotted on an old map. Arkeologerna, an archaeological ...