Mittwoch, August 25, 2021

madamasr.com: Justice served? The speedy conviction and execution of a monk for murder

At 4:30 am on July 29, 2018, Father Gabriel al-Makary, the head electrician at the Monastery of St. Macarius in Wadi al-Natroun, northwest of Cairo, was headed to the prayer hall for Sunday mass. Walking down the corridor connecting the monks’ quarters to the church, he found a monk lying face down on the floor in a pool of blood around his head. The lifeless body turned out to be the abbot of the monastery, Bishop Epiphanius. more...