Some hostile words towards Islam uttered by Hegumen Gavriil seem to have given voice to widespread discontent among the most intransigent Orthodox Christians, who see the ‘Muslim army’ as ...

The St Catherine’s Monastery, at the foot of Egypt’s Mount Sinai, was founded in the sixth century and is the oldest Christian monastery still in use for its original purpose, according to UNESCO, ...

Greece and Egypt have agreed to protect the status of St. Catherine's Monastery. The monastery, founded in the 6th century, is a UNESCO World Heritage site. An Egyptian court ruling raised ...

In a city of eastern Poland, a team got to work renovating a historic monastery. As part of the project, they removed the old wooden flooring — and uncovered some very rare 300-year-old artifacts.

During renovation of a historic monastery in Poland, workers removed the floor and found very rare 300-year-old artifacts, officials said. Google Street View May 2012 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

Much of the Christian world, especially the Eastern and Oriental Orthodox churches, have been roiled by reports that an Egyptian court has mandated that St. Catherine's Monastery be taken over by the ...

Egypt's Foreign Minister Badr Abdelaaty on Wednesday told his Greek counterpart George Gerapetritis that the spiritual and religious value of the Saint Catherine Monastery and surrounding ...