CAIRO – 29 April 2021: Clashes broke out between Ethiopian pilgrims and Egyptian Coptic monks at the Monastery of the Sultan located in Jerusalem, Thursday. The Monastery of the Sultan or [Deir Al-Sultan] located on the roof of Helena Chapel in Jerusalem is affiliated to the Egyptian Orthodox Church; however Ethiopian pilgrims were insisting on placing the Ethiopian flag on the monastery. Bishop Atallah Hanna of the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate in Jerusalem condemned all of the ‘Ethipoian provokes’ taking place at Deir Al-Sultan. He called on the Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church to stop these actions especially during the holly week celebrations. He accounted the Ethiopian Orthodox Church responsibility for the breaches taking place in the Monastery.

Source: Egypt Today April 29, 2021 22:15 UTC