St Catherine’s could see approximately 20 monks evicted dependent on the court ruling - Luca Ladi Bucciolini Egypt could close the oldest continuously functioning monastery in the world, prompting ...

The monastery complex discovery comprised the remains of a church, residential halls, and communal dining spaces, in addition ...

The discovery sheds light on early Christian monastic life in Upper Egypt.

Meeting on a possible forced closure of the world’s oldest continuously active Christian monastery, Greek and Egyptian officials last week stated the monastery and its monks would be protected but ...

Archaeologists uncovered a Byzantine monastery in Egypt’s Sohag, revealing how early Christian monks lived and worshipped.

Nestled in the Sinai mountains, the ancient St Catherine's Monastery has been the centre of recent tensions after an Egyptian court ruled last week that it sat on state-owned land. Dating back to the ...

A 2017 picture of the 6th century Saint Catherine's monastery, established at the biblical site of the burning bush in the Sinai - Copyright AFP/File Frederic J ...

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt says the sovereignty of a famous monastery is assured. Egypt’s Foreign Minister Badr Abdelaaty on Wednesday told his Greek counterpart George Gerapetritis that the spiritual and ...

A 2017 picture of the 6th century Saint Catherine's monastery, established at the biblical site of the burning bush in the Sinai — Pedro Costa Gomes Egypt and Greece sought to ease tensions over the ...

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. Cairo has ...