‘By him Justinian who founded the monastery to this day, all those who passed through the Monastery of St. Catherine in Sinai – from Mohammed to Crusaders, Mameluks, Mohammedans – all of them had data that The monastery belongs to the monks as the sea belongs to her fish. Now the Egyptian government, following the fundamentalism of the Muslim brothers, is challenging it and says it is Egyptian national property, although the monastery preceded the establishment of the Egyptian state, “Archimandrite P. P.
Yesterday the monks were locked up in the monastery complex to make a “more intense prayer” (ie not coming out of the church) but Today the monastery is normally open.
“We have confidence in the Egyptian President Sisi and the handling of the Greek Prime Minister because Above all there is a historical truth, a reality and a story of 15 centuries that is reversed by the Egyptian court ruling. Legal culture speaks of a continuation of law. Over time, the motives and the reasons behind the decision will be seen. ”
The claimed estates outside the monastery
In the Egyptian court ruling, the confiscation of 71 real estate, satellite of the monastery.
As Porphyrios explained, there are Byzantine and Post -Byzantine buildings in these properties, such as the church located in the Holy Peak – a place where Moses received the 10 commands – and the cave practiced by Saint John of the Scale.
“Along with them is a vital space around the monastery, do not imagine anything great, with olives and vegetables, so that the monastery can live. Only for our candles we need 7 tonnes of oil a year, ”he said characteristically
Source :Skai
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