Greece, Egypt Agree Future of Mount Sinai Monastery, Greek PM Says ATHENS (Reuters) -Greece said on Thursday it had agreed with Egypt on the future of St Catherine's Monastery at the foot of Egypt's ...

ST. CATHERINE, Egypt -- In the Bible, Moses climbs Mount Sinai to receive the Ten Commandments. But he was the chosen one, and I am a mere mortal. Divine intervention seemed unlikely as I stood at the ...

St Catherine’s Monastery, located at the foot of Mount Sinai in Egypt and known for its sacred peace, is now preparing to open up to the public. The Greek Orthodox monastery was founded in the 6th ...

Meeting on a possible forced closure of the world’s oldest continuously active Christian monastery, Greek and Egyptian officials last week stated the monastery and its monks would be protected but ...

Egypt is developing a luxury resort at Mount Sinai, one of the world's most sacred religious sites. This is part of the Great Transfiguration Project, launched in 2021. The UNESCO World Heritage site, ...

Over the years, visitors have traveled up Mount Sinai with a Bedouin guide to watch the sunrise over the pristine, rocky landscape. But now, Mount Sinai, a site held sacred by Jews, Christians, and ...

There is adventure travel, and then there is whatever Margeret Frei was doing in this tourist mecca emptied of all other tourists. St. Catherine is a picturesque town nestled in a bowl of towering ...

ATHENS - Greece said on Thursday it had agreed with Egypt on the future of St Catherine's Monastery at the foot of Egypt's Mount Sinai, one of the world's oldest sites of Christian worship whose ...

FILE PHOTO: A general view shows part of the exterior of St. Catherine's monastery in south Sinai, Egypt, March 7, 2019. Picture taken March 7, 2019. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany/File Photo FILE PHOTO ...