After nearly a decade of legal battles, Saint Catherine's Monastery, the world's oldest continuously occupied Christian monastery, awaits a crucial court decision regarding ownership of its historic lands in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula. Monastery leaders express cautious optimism, buoyed by high-level Egyptian and Greek involvement.
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The church of Hagia Sophia (literally “Holy Wisdom”) in Constantinople, now Istanbul, was first dedicated…
The Byzantine-built Basilica Cistern in Constantinople (Κωνσταντινούπολη, Turkish: İstanbul) is on the verge of collapse…