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Historic St. Catherine’s Monastery on Mount Sinai
Saint Catherine's Monastery at the foot of Mount Sinai in the town of Saint Catherine, Egypt is one of the most important Christian monasteries in the world
Africa
Ancient Manuscripts Digitized at St. Catherine’s Monastery on Mount Sinai
A team from Greece is photographing thousands of fragile manuscripts at St. Catherine's Monastery in Egypt, Reuters reports. The rare treasure includes some of the earliest copies ever made of the Christian Gospels.
The Greek experts are photographing the priceless...
Greek News
Greek Philosopher Hippocrates’ Texts Found at St. Catherine’s Monastery at Mount Sinai
Researchers have discovered ancient texts hidden beneath years of writing in the manuscripts in the library of St. Catherine's Monastery, including texts by ancient Greek philosopher Hippocrates.
St. Catherine’s Monastery is one of the world’s oldest continuously running libraries. It...
Greek News
ISIS Attack on Mount Sinai Holy Monastery Leaves 1 Dead, 4 Injured
An Islamic State attack on the police outpost of the Hagia Aikaterini Holy Monastery on Mount Sinai left one dead and four injured on Tuesday. This was the latest attack in a series targeting Christian churches.
According to an Egyptian...
Greek News
ISIS Destroys Oldest Orthodox Monastery in Iraq
The Monastery of Agios Ilias (St Elijah) in Mosul which operated as a place of worship for Orthodox Christians in the region for over 1400 years was completely destroyed by the Islamic State. This was confirmed by new satellite...
Greek News
St. Catherine Greek Orthodox Monastery Needs Financial Help to Survive
The Greek Orthodox monastery of St. Catherine at Sinai city, Egypt, has been facing a financial crisis, as a result of lack of tourism at Sinai City. The monatsery was also shut down by Egyptian authorities in 2013 fearing...
Greek News
Egypt: Restoration of the Monastery of St. George in Old Cairo
The major restoration of the historic Greek Orthodox monastery of Saint George in Old Cairo is at its final stage. The monastery is a unique Rotunda in the Middle Eastern, which was a project carried out with the blessing...
Greek News
Retired Army General Wants St. Catherine’s Monastery Demolished
A retired army general says he has filed a court case pushing for Egypt's historic Saint Catherine's Monastery to be demolished and its Greek monks deported on the grounds that they pose a threat to national security.
In May 2012,...
World
Sinai Monastery Collapses Financially
The Sinai Monastery has been led to serious financial problems because of the conflicts in Egypt and the Middle East, which have caused a drastic reduction of pilgrims.
According to the announcement of the Exarchate of the Sinai Monastery in...
Greek News
Spray Threats On Jerusalem Greek Monastery
A Greek Orthodox monastery in Jerusalem has been defaced by vandals with graffiti that stated "Death to Christianity” and "Jesus, son of a whore," officials said on Dec. 12.
The overnight attack on the Monastery of the Cross was the...
Greek News
Unknown Vandals Spray Graffiti Threat on Greek Orthodox Monastery in Jerusalem
A Jerusalem monastery, built on the site where tradition says the tree used in the making of Jesus's cross once stood, was defaced with "Death to Christians" graffiti on Tuesday.
The words "Price Tag" daubed on a vandalized car parked...
Greek News
Greek Patriarch of Alexandria Pays Historic Visit to St. Catherine Monastery at Mount Sinai
76 years after the then Patriarch of Alexandria and all Africa His Beatitude Meletios Metaxakis had visited the historic Holy Monastery of St. Catherine at Mount Sinai in Cairo, Theodoros II Primate of the Second Throne Church visited the...
Greek News
Renovation Works Started at Historic Monastery of St. George, Cairo
The historic monastery of Saint George in the old city of Cairo ̶ also known as “Rotonda” of the East ̶ has already started and being renovated. Yesterday afternoon, Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa his Beatitude Theodoros II,...
Ancient Greece
Why is the Ancient Greek City of Antioch Special to Indians?
Indians have a special connection with the ancient city of Antioch. The city, now part of Turkey, was renamed Antakya but their connection with it is fleeting at best when compared to the Greeks and Syrians, taking a chronological...
Archaeology
Discovery of Greek Inscription Reveals Home of Saint Peter
Archaeologists believe that a Greek inscription discovered in what was the city of Bethsaida, Israel, identifies Apostle Peter's home.