The crisis at the Holy Monastery of St. Catherine in Sinai risks being further inflamed by the Patriarchate of Jerusalem’s recent show of pride, following a delegation’s visit to the site.
The news of the double murder of 39-year-old Greek-Australian woman Athina Georgopoulou and her 50-year-old partner, Andrew Gunn, on Monday night has shocked Australia, with authorities arresting 34-year-old homeless Ross Judd.
The Greek Foreign Ministry has been alarmed by information about the expansion of encroachments by Israeli settlers on land belonging to the Greek Orthodox Monastery of Abba Gerasimos the Jordanite in Jericho.