His support for the preservation and protection of the worship, ownership and property regime of the Holy Monastery of St. Catherine of Mount Sinai was expressed by the former Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras during his meeting with his Archbishop Sinai, Faran and Raito, Mr. Damianos. Stressed, his great concern about the Egyptian side’s decisions, as well as for the oligarchy and Government’s mistakes. He mainly supported the need to have a dynamic diplomatic mobilization to protect all aspects of the monastery regime, following the vote and the law by which it acquired legal status.

At the same time Alexis Tsipras and Archbishop Damianos had the opportunity to chat about the current geopolitical developments in the wider area. In this context, the former prime minister emphasized the need for substantial pressure on international, European and national levels, with sanctions on Israel, in order to end the first to end The horrible humanitarian crisis and starvation of the Palestinian people in Gazaand secondly, there is an immediate ceasefire agreement with the release of all hostages.

At the same time, he emphasized the need for international mobilization to protect minorities and especially the Christian communities of the Middle East, by attacks and persecutions.