Saint Catherine's Monastery facts for kids
The monastery, with Willow Peak (traditionally considered Mount Horeb) in the background
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| Monastery information | |
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| Order | Church of Sinai |
| Established | AD 565 |
| People | |
| Founder(s) | Justinian I |
| Site | |
| Location | Saint Catherine, South Sinai Governorate, Egypt |
| Coordinates | Script error: The function "coordinsert" does not exist. |
| Official name: Saint Catherine Area | |
| Type: | Cultural |
| Criteria: | i, iii, iv, vi |
| Designated: | 2002 (26th session) |
| Reference #: | 954 |
| State Party: | Egypt |
| Region: | Arab States |
Saint Catherine's Monastery lies on the Sinai Peninsula, at the mouth of a gorge at the foot of Mount Sinai, near the town of Saint Catherine, Egypt. The monastery is named after Catherine of Alexandria.
The monastery is controlled by the autonomous Church of Sinai, part of the wider Greek Orthodox Church, and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Built between 548 and 565, the monastery is one of the oldest working Christian monasteries in the world. The site contains the world's oldest continually operating library, possessing many unique books including the Syriac Sinaiticus and, until 1859, the Codex Sinaiticus.
Images for kids
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Bell tower at Saint Catherine's Monastery
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Ossuary in Saint Catherine's Monastery
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Ashtiname of Muhammad
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6th-century hot wax icon
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Icon of the enthroned Virgin and Child with saints and angels, 6th century
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The oldest known icon of Christ Pantocrator, encaustic on panel
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Crucifixion, 13th century
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Holy doors
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Madonna and Child, 13th century
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13th century Byzantine icon of Saint Michael the Archangel
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Transfiguration, 12th century
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Ladder of Divine Ascent
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Emperor John VIII Palaiologos
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Icon of Saint Catherine of Alexandria
