DIS takes a stand for the Sinai Monasterytranslated

The Permanent Holy Synod of the Church of Greece of the 170th Synodical Period is meeting today, under the presidency of the Archbishop of Athens and all Greece, His Excellency. Ieronymou, with the information indicating that the only topic of discussion will be the developments with the burning issue of the Holy Monastery of Agia Aikaterini Theovadisto Mount Sinai.   Although the Church of Greece has no jurisdiction over the Sinai Monastery, it will reportedly support the Brotherhood and Archbishop Simeon as the background of the last months to sign an agreement with the Egyptian government regarding the ownership status continues with the two sides not having reached a final agreement while time is running out as the Egyptian Supreme Court is expected to adjudicate the appeal brought by the Monastery against the decision of the Court of Appeal of Ismailia.

The Archbishop of Athens and all Greece, Mr. Hieronymos from the first moment when the crisis broke out for the Sinai Monastery stood by the Brotherhood, while his role was also decisive in August 2025 in the intra-monastic dispute that had broken out between the monks which then...