Saint Catherine Area
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Location
Karnak,Qina

Country
Egypt

Year of Research
2002

Culture
  • It stands at the foot of Mount Horeb where, the Old Testament records, Moses received the Tablets of the Law.

  • The mountain is known and honored by Muslims as Jebel Musa.

  • The entire area is revered to three world religions: Christianity, Islam, and Judaism.

  • It was founded in the 6th century, is the oldest Christian monastery still in use for its initial function.

  • Its walls and buildings of great importance to studies of Byzantine construction and the Monastery houses outstanding collections of early Christian manuscripts and icons.
  • It stands at the foot of Mount Horeb where, the Old Testament records, Moses received the Tablets of the Law.

  • The mountain is known and honored by Muslims as Jebel Musa.

  • The entire area is revered to three world religions: Christianity, Islam, and Judaism.

  • It was founded in the 6th century, is the oldest Christian monastery still in use for its initial function.

  • Its walls and buildings of great importance to studies of Byzantine construction and the Monastery houses outstanding collections of early Christian manuscripts and icons

  • The rocky mountainous landscape, containing numerous archaeological and sacred sites and monuments, forms a perfect backdrop to the Monastery.

  • The design of St Catherine\'s Monastery, the creative resources that it houses, and its domestic integration into a rugged landscape combine to make it an outstanding example of human creative genius.

  • St Catherine\'s Monastery is one of the very early marvelous examples in Eastern tradition of a Christian monastic settlement located in a remote area.

  • It demonstrates an intimate relationship between natural grandeur and religious commitment.

  • Ascetic monasticism in remote areas prevailed in the early Christian church and resulted in the establishment of monastic communities in remote places.

  • St Catherine\'s Monastery is one of the earliest of these and the oldest to have survived together, being used for its initial function without interval since the 6th century.

  • The St Catherine’s area, centred on the holy mountain of Mount Sinaï (Jebel Musa, Mount Horeb), like the Old City of Jerusalem, is revered to three world religions: Christianity, Islam, and Judaism.





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