The Monastery of St. Catherine Sinai is transformed into a museum and her property is bound

The Monastery of St. Catherine Sinai as well as what it has in Egypt is in the hands of the Egyptian State. Nearly 15 centuries after its founding by the Byzantine Emperor Justinian, the world -renowned and respected monastery of St. Catherine is heading for his conversion into a museum. The ruling made yesterday by an Egyptian court ending the many years of controversy of the monks of St. Catherine with the Egyptian state. As orthodoxia.info mentions, now the ownership of the monastery and all its assets passes into the Egyptian state. The monks are called upon to abandon specific properties where they are no longer allowed access and remain in the monastery to perform their religious needs. And while at this time there is a disturbance in the monastery after developments, Egyptian archaeologists such as Dr. Abdel Rahim Rican, a specialist archeology and a member of the Egyptian History and Antiquities Committee of Culture, after arguing that the real estate of the Egyptian State fall under the laws. […]
Source: News Beast

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