ST. ANTHONY'S MONASTERY, Egypt – In a cave here high in the desert mountains of eastern Egypt, the man said to be the father of monasticism took refuge from the temptations of the world some 17 ...

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 ...

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 ...

CAIRO – It reads like a murder mystery set in an exotic locale: an abbot found dead in a desert monastery; a monk defrocked and arrested; another held by police and hospitalized after trying to kill ...

Greece, Egypt Agree Future of Mount Sinai Monastery, Greek PM Says ATHENS (Reuters) -Greece said on Thursday it had agreed with Egypt on the future of St Catherine's Monastery at the foot of Egypt's ...

Saint Catherine's Monastery in Egypt is the world's oldest continuously inhabited Christian monasterySally Kandill/AFP Egypt's Foreign Minister Badr Abdelaaty has told his Greek counterpart Giorgos ...

ZAAFARANA, Egypt — Egypt’s antiquities chief today unveiled the completion of an 8-year, $14.5 million restoration of the world’s oldest Christian monastery, touting it as a sign of Christian-Muslim ...

Egypt, Greece Agree to Protect Status of Mount Sinai Monastery, After Court Ruling ATHENS (Reuters) -Greece and Egypt have agreed to safeguard the status of one of the world's oldest sites of ...

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 ...

CAIRO (AP) — It reads like a murder mystery set in an exotic locale: an abbot found dead in a desert monastery; a monk defrocked and arrested; another held by police and hospitalized after trying to ...

Egypt's Foreign Minister assured Greece that Saint Catherine's Monastery's sovereignty is secure after a court ruling raised concerns. The court affirmed the monks' right to use the monastery and ...