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Date of source: Sunday, January 4, 2026
Despite the holiday at Saint Catherine Monastery, the city has received a large number of tourists and visitors on Sunday morning (January 4). They came to climb Gabal Mūsa (Mount Sinai) and watch the sunrise from the highest mountain peak, visit historical sites, colorful valleys, the St....
Date of source: Friday, October 31, 2025
In a historic event, today (October 31) will see the inauguration of Anbā Symeon Papadopoulos as Metropolitan of Saint Catherine Monastery and Archbishop of Sinai, Fīrān and al-Ṭūr for Greek Orthodox inside the big church in the monastery complex.
Date of source: Saturday, November 1, 2025
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis paid a visit to Saint Catherine Monastery on the sidelines of his visit to Egypt to attend the opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM).
Date of source: Saturday, November 1, 2025
Muḥammad Ismāʿīl Khālid, Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), attended the ceremonies to inaugurate Archimandrite Symeon Papadopoulos as Abbot of Saint Catherine Monastery and Archbishop for Sinai Fīrān and al-Ṭūr for Greek Orthodox inside the Church of Transfiguration...
Date of source: Sunday, October 19, 2025
The Greek Orthodox Patriarchate in Jerusalem appointed Archimandrite Symeon as Archbishop of Sinai, Farān, and Ra’īthū to succeed the previous archbishop, during ceremonies held on Saturday (Oct. 18) at the Church of Saints Constantine and Helena in Jerusalem.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 3, 2025
Under the headline "Egypt: Guardian of Saint Catherine Monastery in Sinai," Egypt’s ambassador to Greece, ʿUmar ʿĀmir Yūsuf, said that Egypt has been protecting Saint Catherine Monastery, which has flourished for more than fifteen centuries as a prominent symbol of peaceful coexistence in Egypt.
Date of source: Saturday, September 6, 2025
Anbā Nīqūlā, Archbishop of Greek Orthodox Christians in Ṭanṭā, announced that Abbot Damyānūs of Saint Catherine Monastery plans to resign, adding that measures regarding his succession have already started.
Date of source: Saturday, September 6, 2025
On Saturday, September 6, the Saint Catherine Monastery, located in the South Sinai governorate, received hundreds of tourists and visitors after a 16-day hiatus.
Date of source: Saturday, September 6, 2025
By Friday evening, September 5, the crisis at Saint Catherine’s Monastery had entered its decisive stages, as the scene turned into a series of rapid developments that preceded Metropolitan Damyānūs’ departure for Athens.
Date of source: Wednesday, August 27, 2025
The community of monks at the Saint Catherine Monastery in Sinai is experiencing one of the most severe crises of recent decades after Archbishop of Sinai Metropolitan Damyānūs today expelled a group of rebellious monks from the monastery compound, wielding control over the monks’ synod along with...
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