An organisation that defends the rights of Coptic Christians in Egypt has called upon the international community to protect ...

Egypt’s plans to expand tourism around the 6th-century St Catherine’s Monastery near Mount Sinai could compromise its peace and solitude.

A map of the night sky created by the ancient Greek astronomer Hipparchus was recently discovered at St. Catherine Monastery ...

There was a magic to the mountain, the fortress, the olive trees when I visited St. Catherine for the first time. I trudged up a long road with my friends that leads to the monastery gate. We passed ...

Maryland’s first Carmelite monastery continues its hidden life of prayer as the sisters prepare for the arrival of St.

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis reaffirmed the nation's continued support to the Monastery of Saint Catherine in ...

Egypt's former tourism and antiquities minister Khaled El-Enany is set to be confirmed as head of UNESCO on Thursday, despite ...

Egypt has experienced rapid population growth in recent decades. Between 1986 to 2018, the number of people in the country ...

The last few years haven’t been easy for this holiday hotspot, says Sarah Marshall, but now is the time to book ...

Like the surveillance state, the Christ Pantocrator icon asserts an omnipresent authority. But it also asserts divine mercy ...