Sinai Monastery: Ecumenical Patriarchate expresses “sorrow and disappointment”

The Ecumenical Patriarchate expressed its “sorrow and disappointment” astatine an Egyptian tribunal ruling that it said “disputes the centuries-old ownership presumption of the historical Holy Monastery of Sinai” and lone gives the monks residing determination the close to its use.

An appeals tribunal successful Egypt ruled 2 days agone successful favour of seizure of the humanities Saint Catherine Monastery successful Sinai, the eviction of the 20 monks and the hegumen.

In a written connection issued connected Friday, the foremost among the Orthodox Christian Churches appealed to the authorities of Egypt to find a mode to sphere the monastery’s age-old ownership presumption and abide by a precocious reached agreement. He pointed retired that this ownership presumption had been “particularly respected and cautiously tended” for centuries by Islam.

“The centuries respected the Monastery of Sinai. Let Egypt respect it today,” the announcement stressed, noting that the monastery’s beingness was a invaluable plus for Egypt.

“It does it grant and links symbolically and successful essence connected its ungraded the 2 large religions of Christianity and Islam,” the connection stressed.

According to Greek media, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew is presently successful Vatican for a gathering with Pope Leo XIV and helium intents to convey to spiritual person of the Catholic Church is contented with Saint Catherine Monastery successful Sinai.