When God comes to dwell amongst us at His incarnation, our own human nature is swept up into His divinity … Read more…
Dear Friends of the Monastery, As we approach the blessed Nativity of Christ, we hope that you and your loved ones have all been safe and able to weather the Covid pandemic. St. Catherine's Monastery closed in March, and while they are now partially opened, the border with Israel remains closed, curtailing pilgrimage from Jerusalem which provided essential support to St. Catherine’s Monastery in the past. Read more…
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…