For the Feast of Saint Catherine, Great Martyr of Alexandria
Saint Catherine’s life weaves an epic tapestry: born to a patrician family amidst idolatry, her quest for knowledge becomes the quest for truth which leads her to its Source, to whose love she voluntarily sacrifices youth, beauty, wealth, prestige and finally, the life she had not yet lived. One wonders about the inner motivations of the Saints, but little more is known regarding what led to such sacrifice than her path to Christ through a Christian mother and Spirit-bearing elder named Onouphrios. Read more…
At the foot of Mount Sinai where Moses encountered God - why does the icon of Christ’s Transfiguration fill the great apse of Emperor Justinian’s basilica? To be sure, while the miracles of the Exodus occurred some 1250 years earlier, both events center on Christ. Read more….
A voice of deep sorrow from the center of the Sinai desert, the Monastery of St. Catherine of the Holy and God-trodden Mountain of Sinai, a voice of brotherly prayer and petition. Read more…
Christ is Risen! “Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, but those who drink of the water that I will give them will never be thirsty.” (John 4:10) Asked what it is like to experience the Divine Liturgy as celebrant, Sinai’s Father Pavlos (Blessed memory, +March 1, 2020) says… Read more…
Christ is risen! Χριστὸς ἀνέστη! Христос воскресе! !المسيح قام In this particularly difficult Paschal season, we would like to share a very special video. Read more…
There are people with whom you’ve spoken only a little but you’ll preserve their light in your heart forever. Recalling their righteousness, you strive for it yourself. Fr. Pavlos, seen by many pilgrims as he led excursions on Mt. Sinai, was an earthly angel. Read more…
A message from the Archbishop of Sinai regarding the pandemic and the Sunday of St. John Klimakos. Read more…
