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Ahram Online1h
Explainer: St. Catherine Monastery's controversy
As a Greek delegation prepares to arrive in Cairo on Wednesday to resolve tensions over the fate of St Catherine’s Monastery ...
On Greece's Mount Athos, a cliffside monastery transcends country-based branches of Orthodoxy
Clinging almost impossibly to a sheer cliff in northern Greece, the Monastery of Simonos Petra, also known as Simonopetra — ...
Greek monk hospitalized after monastery clash linked to decades-old dispute
A monk has been hospitalized after an altercation at a monastic community in Greece, linked to a longstanding religious ...
Christian Today5h
1,500 year old Christian monastery faces closure after Egyptian court ruling
The ruling comes in spite of Egyptian promises to maintain “the unique and sacred religious status of Saint Catherine’s ...
Religion News Service on MSN3d
Egypt nationalizes ancient monastery's grounds, fraying ties between Athens and Cairo
Initial reports that the centuries-old St. Catherine's Monastery would be closed were denied, but Orthodox leaders remain ...
Reading Eagle16d
Clinging to a Greek cliff, this monastery welcomes people from around the world. No women allowed
MOUNT ATHOS, Greece (AP) — The medieval monastery clings almost impossibly to sheer cliffs high above the shimmering ...
Delaware County Daily Times17d
Clinging to a Greek cliff, this monastery welcomes people from around the world. No women allowed
The monastery is one of 20 in the autonomous all-male monastic community of Mount Athos, known in Greek as Agion Oros, or Holy Mountain. The peninsula in northern Greece is no stranger to non ...