Posted on 04/03/2014 6:52:40 PM PDT by markomalley
A retired Egyptian general has accused a historic monastery of being a threat to national security, and a Salafist weekly newspaper alleged that the monastery collaborates with Israeli intelligence officials, according to the Egyptian weekly Watani and the Fides news agency.
Saint Catherine’s Monastery, now Eastern Orthodox, was built by the Emperor Justinian in the sixth century and is located at the foot of Mount Sinai. It stands accused of being a beachhead of Greece and the European Union on Egyptian territory.
“It is weird that our monks, and there are no more than 37 of us, would be accused of threatening Egyptian national security,” said Archbishop Damianos I of Mount Sinai and Raithu, according to Watani. ““It is ridiculous that Saint Catherine’s has been accused of building ‘settlements’ occupied by foreigners. The only ‘settlements’ in the town of Katreen constitute a housing project built by the town council.”
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Save Thy people, O Lord,
and bless Thine inheritance.
Grant victory to Thy Church over her enemies,
and protect Thy people by Thy Holy Cross!
One of the worst mistakes ( when Israel let Jimmy shove her out of Sinai). Let’s hope the islamonazis back off from threatening the monastery ! It’s been there since even before the murderer /child- raper
The country of Greece being a military powerhouse poised to recreate the empire of Alexander the Great.
It is the oldest existing monastery in the Christian world, going back to the earliest days of the faith. No doubt the Evil One would, love to see it shuttered and its monks dispersed or killed.
Saint Catherine’s Monastery and its religious community have been in that part of Egypt long before the false prophet called Mohammed was born, let alone saying he had a revelation from God. Leave the brothers who pray to the true God alone you Devil Islamists.
Amen.
So then, this means that its either time to raze the ancient monastery into dust or turn it into a mosque. Right?
About the oldest tourist trap in the world! It’d be a shame to lose it!
An attack on the Oriental Church of the Copts is an attack on all us Christians
Egypts new friend, Valdimire Putin, might not like—or permit—Othodox Monks to be threatened. They better think twice before they try something—Putin will not just stand by like Obama.
http://st-katherine.net/en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=20&Itemid=65
Prophet Muhammad’s Charter of Priviliges to Christians
Letter to the Monks of St. Catherine Monastery
Amen.
He was perfectly happy as a KGB agent to see the Russian Orthodox Church turned into a whore for the Soviet Union, and I suspect he's more than happy to see it resume that role for his rule.
His "Ladder of Divine Ascents" is a spiritual classic, good Lenten reading for all Christians.
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