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Breakthrough in Sinai monastery dispute as Archbishop Symeon agrees to sign deal with Egypt

After over a year of negotiations and unanimous backing from major Orthodox Churches, the agreement offers a path to safeguarding the historic monastery's future

St. Catherine’s Monastery: Rebel monks attempt to break in and seize control

Archbishop Damianos of Sinai appeals to Egyptian authorities for intervention, but officials remain inactive

Outside St. Catherine’s Monastery of Sinai the challengers of Archbishop Damianos – “We have returned to legality and normalcy”

“The coup-monk conspirators attacked and assaulted me,” denounced the Archbishop of Sinai, who went today to the Monastery – “The monks who did not participate in the coup repelled the unlawful conspirators outside the walls.”

St. Catherine’s Monastery: Egypt’s “Arab bazaar” and Greece’s red line – Gerapetritis in Cairo today

The Greek delegation travels to Egypt at noon – The Egyptian government must understand that good relations with Greece are based on equality, not the imposition of faits accomplis