By Gifts Antoniou

In increasingly complicated equation, the case of the Sinai Monastery is evolving, as every new development seems to cause further complication rather than simplify the situation. Athens was concerned yesterday by Athens yesterday the new announcement of the Patriarchate of Jerusalem, which was issued after the completion of the meetings of the Trilateral Committee set up by the Patriarchate with Archbishop Damianos and the monks.

The evaluation that has emerged, as the announcement makes no mention of the specific events that caused the intervention, is that the main aim of the Patriarchate of Jerusalem is to enhance its role and intervention and to consolidate as a “equation” variable, rather than contributing to the effort.

“With the warmth of the warm paternal interest and the providence of the Blessed one, this was expressed by the Holy See, and who were welcomed by them. With the stupid political first to keep the surrender of recognized regimes and special arrangements, which is accompanied by the monastery in the past, If the wisdom of time, they can be visible, as if it is needed, the need for the action of preserving and claiming the legal rights, in the spirit of the Calm.

There is also a reference to decision -making at the General Assembly set, without stating a specific date and therefore it is unclear whether it is the General Assembly convened by Archbishop Damianos for September 7.

The assessment of sources with knowledge of the path of negotiations is that all these developments are delaying the completion of the agreement to resolve the issue that has arisen under the monastery regime. Steps have already been considered back to the course of the discussions about two weeks ago and the image that existed at the time of the prospect of completing the agreement.

In a parallel development, Archbishop Damianos announced yesterday’s penalties to the monks and in particular community for the monks and additional holiday for the clergy. He asks them to repent and apologize. It remains to be seen how the monks will react to the decision to impose penalties. However, there is a reason for evolution that changes the data, as the monks in whom the penalties have been imposed cannot participate in any administrative act of the monastery, not even at the General Assembly.

Within this climate, the situation is constantly complicating and more and more demanding to find a solution. As a source that closely monitors developments and participates in the negotiations as long as exogenous factors are activated, aimed at exploiting the context to increase their influence zones, processes to reach an agreement will become more and more difficult.