St. Catherine Monastery’s land ownership lawsuits adjourned after archbishop backs Egypt-Greece deal

St. Catherine’s Monastery’s archbishop said on Saturday that he intends to sign an agreement with the Egyptian government that would organize the religious community’s relationship to the monastery and surrounding lands where they have based their spiritual life for over 1,400 years. Egypt’s government had put forward a draft proposal in July that would consolidate ownership of the monastery and surrounding lands in the hands of the Egyptian state for […] St. Catherine Monastery’s land ownership lawsuits adjourned after archbishop backs Egypt-Greece deal first appeared on Mada Masr.