{"id":3728,"date":"2025-02-15T12:54:43","date_gmt":"2025-02-15T12:54:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/15\/egypt-commits-not-to-change-mt-sinai-monastery-status\/"},"modified":"2025-02-15T12:54:43","modified_gmt":"2025-02-15T12:54:43","slug":"egypt-commits-not-to-change-mt-sinai-monastery-status","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/15\/egypt-commits-not-to-change-mt-sinai-monastery-status\/","title":{"rendered":"Egypt commits not to change Mt Sinai monastery status"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-1261748\">\n    <!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"first-img article_thumbnail_wrapper\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n                                                                    <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Christina-Georgiadou-sinai2-320x200.jpg?v=1739557424\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"600\" class=\"picture-main-block-image\" data-nxsrc=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Christina-Georgiadou-sinai2-scaled.jpg?v=1739557424\" alt=\"Egypt commits not to change Mt Sinai monastery status\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Christina-Georgiadou-sinai2-960x600.jpg?v=1739557425\"\/><br \/>\n                        <\/source><\/picture>\n                                                        <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Athens and Cairo have agreed that the status of the historic St Catherine\u2019s Monastery in Sinai, which has operated uninterrupted since its founding in AD 546 by Byzantine Emperor Justinian, will be preserved. The Greek Orthodox monastery, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2002, holds cultural, religious and historical significance as the world\u2019s oldest continually operating Christian monastery. The negotiations, led by senior Greek officials, aimed to defuse tensions over recent claims in Egyptian media that challenged the monastery\u2019s ownership and status. The discussions culminated in a joint declaration ensuring the protection of the monastery\u2019s Greek Orthodox identity and cultural heritage. Both nations pledged to deepen cooperation on religious tourism, cultural preservation, and antiquities protection. Education Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis and Foreign Affairs Minister George Gerapetritis are drafting memorandums of cooperation with Egypt and the monastery. Egyptian officials, including South Sinai Governor Khaled Mubarak, emphasized the shared commitment to the monastery\u2019s historical legacy and announced plans to enhance the surrounding region as a major tourist destination, aligned with President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi\u2019s Sinai Transformation Plan. 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The Greek Orthodox monastery, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2002, holds cultural, religious and historical significance as the world\u2019s oldest continually &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"Egypt commits not to change Mt Sinai monastery status\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/15\/egypt-commits-not-to-change-mt-sinai-monastery-status\/#more-3728\" aria-label=\"Read more about Egypt commits not to change Mt Sinai monastery status\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3729,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":2,"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Christina-Georgiadou-sinai2-960x600.jpg?v=1739557425","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","no-featured-image-padding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3728"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3728\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}