On the occasion of the inconvenience caused about its future Sinai In Egypt, the President of the Democracy Movement Stefanos Kasselakis Today he took the initiative to deliver a resolution to the Egyptian Embassy To protect the Sinai Monastery and its cultural character.
The relevant announcement by the Democracy Movement for the Sinai Monastery:
The Democracy Movement expresses his strong concern For recent information who saw the light of publicity in relation to the decision of the Egyptian justice concerning the status of the Holy Monastery of St. Catherine Sinai, the oldest Christian monastery and UNESCO World Heritage Site.
In spite of their dispersal by the Egyptian government, These references cause reasonable concern about spiritual and cultural The integrity of the monastery, which is not only a sacred place of Christianity, but a global symbol of faith and culture.
For this reason, this morning, the President of the Republic of the Republic, Stefanos Kasselakis, gave a resolution to the Egyptian Embassy, ​​stressing the need to protect the monastery and the movement’s commitment to support international initiatives to defend this sanctuary.
We call on the Egyptian government to provide, in addition to the formal denial, and legally binding guarantees to preserve spiritual and her cultural character Single as an active monastery, as well as for the definitive settlement of ownership or other financial issues in a way that ensures its viability.
