monastery
Church: Establishing monastery requires written permit from pope
Egypt
May 29, 2015
Church: Establishing monastery requires written permit from pope
The Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church decided Thursday that the establishment of a monastery would require written permission…
Priests brawl with bladed weapons as argument heats over controversial road
Egypt
March 16, 2015
Priests brawl with bladed weapons as argument heats over controversial road
Two priests were wounded on Monday as they engaged in a fight with colleagues following arguments over whether to support…
Pope repudiates controversial monastery after priests, police standoff
Egypt
March 12, 2015
Pope repudiates controversial monastery after priests, police standoff
Egypt’s Orthodox Pope has disowned priests involved in the, presumably, illegal construction of a monastery wall west of Cairo that…
Priests face off with bulldozers razing monastery for new road
Egypt
February 25, 2015
Priests face off with bulldozers razing monastery for new road
Priests at an ancient monastery west of Cairo have challenged army-guarded bulldozers on their way to level the 4th-century structure…
16 Brotherhood members detained on charges of burning Fayoum police station, monastery
Egypt
October 10, 2013
16 Brotherhood members detained on charges of burning Fayoum police station, monastery
Sixteen Muslim Brotherhood members in Fayoum were detained for 15 days pending investigation on charges of burning and storming police…
Monks, government face off over Fayoum nature reserve
Environment
November 22, 2012
Monks, government face off over Fayoum nature reserve
Environment Minister Mostafa Hussein Kamel vowed the government would remove a monastery encroachment on the Wadi al-Rayan reserve Tuesday, angering…
Environmentalists take action after monks build wall in Wadi al-Rayan
Environment
November 12, 2012
Environmentalists take action after monks build wall in Wadi al-Rayan
Dozens of environmental activists and desert lovers peacefully demonstrated in Wadi al-Rayan last Friday to show their disapproval of a…
Pro-settler vandals attack West Bank monastery
World
September 4, 2012
Pro-settler vandals attack West Bank monastery
JERUSALEM — Vandals set fire to the doors of a Christian monastery in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Tuesday and…
Copts gather in Tahrir to protest purported attack on monastery
Egypt
February 24, 2011
Copts gather in Tahrir to protest purported attack on monastery
Around 2000 Copts gathered on Wednesday in Tahrir Square to protest reports that an Egyptian army unit had attacked the…