An agreement has finally been reached between the Egyptian government and the Coptic Orthodox Church regarding the monastic settlement at Wadi al-Rayan, famously known as the Monastery of St Macarius the Alexandrite. The agreement allows the monks to continue their settlement on 3,500 feddans (1 feddan is 4200sq.m.) of State-owned land in the natural … Continue reading Three-year crisis of monastery in Wadi al-Rayan finally resolved