Since 2006, the conflict over the ancient church of Mār Marqos of Rosetta has continued as Judge Muhammad Mustafá Kamāl Triānīlī claims that the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate sold him the buildings of the Church by way of assignment. 

Conversely, Bishop Bachumius, Metropolitan of al-Buhayrah, Pentapolis and North Africa, declared  at that time that the diocese has in its possession documents that abrogate documents in the possession of Judge Triānīlī. Furthermore, the Greek Orthodox Patriarch Theodoros II sent a letter to North Rosetta Court on March 28, 2007 in which His Holiness stated that the preliminary sale contract dated, March 5 1990, which Muhammad Triānīlī signed with the late Greek Orthodox patriarch, is invalid. It specified  Theodoros' purchase of a land parcel, buildings, and a wrecked building and 14 leased stores with a total space of 1,000 square meters from the Greek Orthodox patriarchy for 100,000 EGP. The property was previously owned by the Egyptian Ministry of Endowment by virtue of an official contract. 

The letter adds that it is not possible to sell such real properties due to the fact that it is a religious endowment. Accordingly, the patriarchy filed a lawsuit requesting the court to declare the preliminary sale contract invalid in order to preserve holy places and the historical value of the place. The Church undertook to pay back the sum of money paid by Judge Muhammad Mustafá Kamāl Triānīlī and any other required indemnity. This means that the letter of Greek Orthodox Patriarch Theodoros II annuls the sale contract signed between the late Greek Orthodox Patriarch and Judge Triānīlī.