{"id":51343,"date":"2017-10-23T14:25:00","date_gmt":"2017-10-23T12:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/site\/?p=51343"},"modified":"2017-10-23T14:25:00","modified_gmt":"2017-10-23T12:25:00","slug":"%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%83%d9%86%d9%8a%d8%b3%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%82%d8%a8%d8%b7%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a3%d8%b1%d8%ab%d9%88%d8%b0%d9%83%d8%b3%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d8%a8%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a3%d8%b1%d8%a7%d8%b6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%83%d9%86%d9%8a%d8%b3%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%82%d8%a8%d8%b7%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a3%d8%b1%d8%ab%d9%88%d8%b0%d9%83%d8%b3%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d8%a8%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a3%d8%b1%d8%a7%d8%b6\/","title":{"rendered":"The Coptic Orthodox Church in Jerusalem issues a statement regarding Es-Sultan Monastery"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Coptic Orthodox Church in\u00a0Jerusalem issued a statement regarding the Coptic Orthodox Monastery “Es-Sultan” in Jerusalem.<\/span><\/h2>\n

The statement began with a historical\u00a0brief of the monastery, which explained that the Sultan Abdul Malek bin Marwan, gave the monastery the monastery to the Copts in the seventh century AD, and that the ownership of the Coptic Orthodox Church of the monastery was confirmed during the reign of Sultan Salah al-din al-ayoubi in the twelfth century AD.<\/span><\/h2>\n

The Church statement said that on September 22, a small stone fell from the ceiling of the Church of the Angel Michael, one of the churches of Deir Es-Sultan, which led to the closure of the church by the Department of Dangerous Buildings in the municipality of Jerusalem until the completion of the mends.<\/span><\/h2>\n

The statement pointed out that preliminary consultations and inspections of\u00a0mending the damage was done without notifying the Coptic Church owner of the property.<\/span><\/h2>\n

The Coptic Church expressed its displeasure\u00a0to\u00a0\u00a0departments and authorities concerned\u00a0for neglecting them dueing\u00a0consultations and submitted a written request\u00a0to do the necessary reforms at its own expense which was rejected. The government offered to implement the\u00a0mends as a neutral body, and the Church had some conditions for acceptance.<\/span><\/h2>\n

The statement\u00a0added that on Thursday evening, the engineer appointed by the government tried to enter the equipment to start the\u00a0restoration without informing the Coptic Church. The monks, deacons and ministers of the monastery, headed by\u00a0Anba Anthonios,\u00a0Metropolitan of Jerusalem, rushed to protest in a peaceful manner. In order to safeguard the rights of the Church.<\/span><\/h2>\n

The statement pointed out that the Egyptian embassy intervened in the matter, which led to postponement of the work until the prior a documented coordination with the church. He pointed out that the Egyptian Foreign Ministry stands firmly in support of the Coptic Church in its legitimate claim to restore the Egyptian Coptic\u00a0antiquity. As Es-Sultan monastery care Egypt government as well as the Church.<\/span><\/h2>\n