The Monasteries Affairs Committee held the first conference of monks between 17-19 March 2005 in the Monastery of St. Bishoy in the Natrun Valley, hosted and under the patronage of His Holiness Pope S...

1. The Committee examined the file submitted by His Grace Bishop Youssef, Bishop of Southern USA, regarding the recognition of the Monastery of the Virgin Mary and St. Moses the Black in Corpus Christi, ...

Request to recognise the Monastery of St. Thomas

The Committee examined the request submitted by His Grace Bishop Abram, entrusted with supervising the monastery, and this study showed the following:

1. Hi...

It was decided in this meeting:

1. To recognise the Monastery of St. Sheounda, Sydney, Australia.
2. To recognise the Monastery of St. Anthony, Melbourne, Australia.
3. The recognition of the monastery of St. Ant...

The report of the Synodal Monasteries Affairs Committee was presented, and the recommendations were accepted, as follows:

The Synodal Monasteries Committee met on 06/04/2010, and His Holiness the Pope ...

The monasteries recognised by the Church by the meeting on 22/05/2010 of the Holy Synod are:

1. The Monastery of the Virgin Mary (Al-Baramous), Natrun Valley.
2. The Monastery of St. Macarius (Abu Makar), Na...

The Committee had recommended last year to recognise this monastery after examining all matters related to the possibility of this, but His Holiness the Pope observed wisely that a separation fence sh...