A state reminiscent of war unfolds in the last few hours in its monastery St. Catherine of Sinai.
Despite the return of Archbishop Damianos and the expulsion of the “rebellious” monks, they remain outside the gate and try to get into the monastery by force.
According to Greek and Egyptian media reports, the police have already been requested to remove the monks, but no move has been made at present and a neutral attitude has been taken.
Archbishop Sinai, according to Kathimerini, is in the monastery and the monks who have been expelled even threaten his life.
Egyptian police officials, who in recent hours do not respond to calls made near the monastery, but have not so far intervened to prevent the coup d’etat in their movements.
In a statement made on Tuesday (26/08/2025) after his return to the monastery, Archbishop Damianos said:
“I arrived this afternoon of August 26 at the Monastery of St. Catherine with the aim of transforming and discussing the small group of monks’ coup d’etat, a tactic I faithfully adhered to all the time, armed with patience and fatherly love.
These monks had planned without my approval meeting to amend the Rules of Procedure of the Monastery in absentia that in accordance with the Regulation I always chair.
My monks attacked me and detained me, as they had done during my last presence in the monastery. The monks who did not participate in the coup defended my humility and the monastery with self -sacrifice the Archbishop and the Monastery and repelled the illegal coup d’etat outside the walls of the monastery.
A General Assembly was already convened with the present monks because the coup d’etat with the penalty of community were unable to participate and a new summary of the monastery that constituted it was a hierarch. Porphyrios Kanavakis, Right, Hierom. Akakios Span, a vicelaver and mon. Ephraim sheep, housekeeper.
The monastery returned to legality and regularity.
Thanks are due to the patron saint and a supervisor of the Monastery of Saint Megalomyra Catherine, who preserves and protects her monastery from the devil’s panties. A great apology is due to the Sinai Monastery and from the crew of the Church because smallness and ambitions of some have become the cause of the faithful and instead of being a monks to be light on the secular with this situation, we worked on the contrary. With a lot of humiliation and crushing we humbly apologize. “