Greece scrambles to defuse a deepening crisis at St. Catherine’s Monastery in Sinai, amid fears of political fallout with Egypt

The Patriarchate's Sacred and Holy Synod announced that the Church recognizes Damianos as the 'legal and canonical Archbishop and Hegumen of the Holy Monastery of the Sinai'

Archbishop Damianos vows lawsuits against rebel monks at St. Catherine’s Monastery, pledging damages to Sinai amid crisis over control of monastery

The abbot of the world's oldest continuously inhabited Christian monastery, Greek Orthodox Archbishop Damianos, cites latest attempt by dissenting group of monks to depose him, amid threat of Egyptian court ruling

In detailing the draft legislation before members of a Parliament committee, Education Minister Sofia Zacharaki also referred to the legal recognition of the Bektashi sect in Thrace