Saint Catherine's Monastery at the foot of Mount Sinai, Egypt is one of the most important Christian monasteries in the world ...

Initial reports that the centuries-old St. Catherine's Monastery would be closed were denied, but Orthodox leaders remain ...

The monastery, which is still inhabited by monks, and its surrounding properties are the target. Egyptian President Al-Sisi ...

Egypt’s nationalization of lands surrounding St. Catherine’s Monastery, the world’s oldest continuously operating Christian ...

Archbishop Elpidophoros of America has issued a strong appeal to the Egyptian government following a court ruling that ...

The Egyptian presidency has reaffirmed its full commitment to preserving the unique and sacred religious status of St.

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 ...

Istanbul, formerly Constantinople, is a Greek name, too, deriving from the Greek phrase "Is tin poli," meaning "to the city." ...

a church built by the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I in the 6th century, which later became a mosque after the Ottoman conquest in 1453, designated a museum in 1934 by Kemal Attaturk’s secular ...