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Athens Metochion

The icon of Saint Catherine on the northwest pier in the Church of Saint Catherine, the Sinai metochion in Athens.

Archbishop-elect Symeon Papadopoulos

On Sunday, September 1/14, 2025, the Sinai brotherhood met in General Assembly and unanimously elected Archimandrite Symeon Papadopoulos as the Abbot of Sinai. At a future date, he will be consecrated Archbishop of Sinai, Pharan, and Raithou by the Patriarch of Jerusalem in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, after which he will be […]

Archbishop Damianos

On Friday, September 12, Archbishop Damianos submitted his formal letter of resignation as Archbishop of Sinai, Pharan, and Raithou. He was born in 1935, and is thus in his ninety-first year. He was consecrated Archbishop of Sinai in 1973. This brings to an end a term of service of fifty-two years.

Archbishop Damianos […]

Printed Greek New Testament

Sinai Greek 4743 is a tiny Greek New Testament printed at Lugduni Batavorum (Leiden) by Officina Luchtmanniana in 1751. It measures 6.5 by 11 centimetres.

It was bound in vellum. The front has a depiction of the Crucifixion, and the back the Resurrection. The spine is flat but was stained blue and red in […]

Manuscript Greek 1583

Sinai manuscript Greek 1583 contains music for extended melodies written in Byzantine notation in 1712. The volume was beautifully bound in tooled and gilded leather, with two metal clasps, and a raised headband and footband in the Byzantine style.

The edges of the pages were stained blue, and then stamped with alternating gilt […]