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John at his beloved St. Catherine’s Monastery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/c56a3879-6ec5-4c3c-a250-fcb19b69c1ca/IMG_1104.JPG News Blog - FMSM Seventh Year Report - Make it stand out Damage to walls around the Burning Bush, before repairs done through your generosity https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/28527cd9-1c6d-41bd-8c63-6d2d8f957769/IMG_1097.JPG News Blog - FMSM Seventh Year Report - Make it stand out Repairs in progress https://www.mountsinaimonastery.org/news-blog/letter-from-archbishop-damianos monthly 0.5 2021-03-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1614994073865-HRRQZZDBLCY2A8EK9QX4/Archbishop+and+Elder.jpg News Blog - Letter from Archbishop Damianos Abbot of Saint Catherine's Monastery, Archbishop Damianos of Sinai, with Elder Pavlos. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1614991010555-87W8BL35MHQGQ5NU69N3/IMG_0641.JPG News Blog - Letter from Archbishop Damianos Crumbling wall by the Burning Bush. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1614992719373-DDURI31IX1XK5TUT6R69/IMG_0646.JPG News Blog - Letter from Archbishop Damianos Roof in need of repair (can you spot some visitors?) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1614992958042-6X5ZT8AV80AF63Z83ISM/IMG_0639.JPG News Blog - Letter from Archbishop Damianos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1614992987702-DPA82J1BCBD5GZQNWJDD/IMG_0640.JPG News Blog - Letter from Archbishop Damianos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1614993015764-34ZD5V9GKWB6EU056QZM/IMG_0643.JPG News Blog - Letter from Archbishop Damianos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1614993021625-OE329JME77IS5ZYMVFMJ/IMG_0644.JPG News Blog - Letter from Archbishop Damianos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1614993046887-44VVMY8L372J2FME37BS/IMG_0647.JPG News Blog - Letter from Archbishop Damianos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1614993062060-XY9862N13W8L7FU3TBXO/IMG_0649.JPG News Blog - Letter from Archbishop Damianos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1614993109701-ZS9AP0CAOM78GKIZRESV/IMG_0653.JPG News Blog - Letter from Archbishop Damianos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1614993123181-J55LO8HVZ3PMXJRI4VZT/IMG_0654.JPG News Blog - Letter from Archbishop Damianos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1614993132540-SRUGHBXKEU4SSO90GES3/IMG_0655.JPG News Blog - Letter from Archbishop Damianos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1614993164120-NAXMMB9T2R89PEMHQCC1/IMG_0655.JPG News Blog - Letter from Archbishop Damianos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1614993167933-N6IVVNTQ2EMQP8Q2ONZ1/IMG_0656.JPG News Blog - Letter from Archbishop Damianos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1614993171252-W1IG9FBAAOC84EEALQAE/IMG_0657.JPG News Blog - Letter from Archbishop Damianos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1614993187617-1BVECYJVNNN07IAKINW2/IMG_0658.JPG News Blog - Letter from Archbishop Damianos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1614993191123-4XI720ZGJTDZ7J68KPKI/IMG_0659.JPG News Blog - Letter from Archbishop Damianos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1614993206925-XZ2KPRCIRRKJ08748U54/IMG_0660.JPG News Blog - Letter from Archbishop Damianos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1614993210225-BRAOFS0H8BF01B305BOJ/IMG_0661.JPG News Blog - Letter from Archbishop Damianos https://www.mountsinaimonastery.org/news-blog/closer-to-heaven monthly 0.5 2021-02-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1614467156378-MSLE3KB2FAGI5P1KXOU3/0254.jpeg News Blog - CLOSER TO HEAVEN Sinai Icon of the Holy Apostles, Saints Peter and Paul. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1614467457170-1FB475GM4JAH3F5ZG5U2/img308.JPG News Blog - CLOSER TO HEAVEN From the Sunday of Holy Pascha (1989-92), entering the Monastery basilica in monastic procession for the Agape Vespers. 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St. Catherine’s Monastery has run a clinic with free medical services for the local community. https://www.mountsinaimonastery.org/news-blog/archbishop-message-pandemic-stjohnklimakos monthly 0.5 2020-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1585952991915-FE365JJD45760517AG41/Valley+of+cave+of+St+John.jpeg News Blog - Message from the Archbishop of Sinai on the Terrible Pandemic, on the Sunday of Saint John Klimakos Valley with the cave of Saint John Klimakos in Sinai https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1585953351190-SRKAVVQGIJDPOAXZHGFC/Cave+of+St+John+Klimakos+in+Sinai.jpeg News Blog - Message from the Archbishop of Sinai on the Terrible Pandemic, on the Sunday of Saint John Klimakos The cave of Saint John Klimakos in Sinai https://www.mountsinaimonastery.org/news-blog/falling-asleep-of-elder-pavlos-of-sinai monthly 0.5 2020-03-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1583137604802-KTVHGALVWSN6N0NFVY0A/Elder+Pavlos.jpg News Blog - Falling Asleep of Elder Pavlos of Sinai (1939-2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1583138933164-Z8AT5OI4U5M5TZY6VGQI/Elder+Pavlos-talk.jpeg News Blog - Falling Asleep of Elder Pavlos of Sinai (1939-2020) Elder Pavlos talking to visitors at the Burning Bush https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1583138575700-6L703P75QJ2SE8ZYU9VP/Elder+Pavlos-1.jpg News Blog - Falling Asleep of Elder Pavlos of Sinai (1939-2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1583137829635-2YIF2YHHAFKT3R1TNG01/Elder+Pavlos-2.jpg News Blog - Falling Asleep of Elder Pavlos of Sinai (1939-2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1583138975859-RQXBDP1W8VLQNJSIQD5L/Elder+Pavlos-6.jpg News Blog - Falling Asleep of Elder Pavlos of Sinai (1939-2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1583137851541-TQTZUIYKKKFP6HUWE8LH/Elder+Pavlos-8.jpg News Blog - Falling Asleep of Elder Pavlos of Sinai (1939-2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1583137846383-LKFLMX7UKBJY75D43F1P/Elder+Pavlos-4.jpg News Blog - Falling Asleep of Elder Pavlos of Sinai (1939-2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1583138613121-Y5I9X8YENTG4HN8HICOC/Elder+Pavlos-young.jpg News Blog - Falling Asleep of Elder Pavlos of Sinai (1939-2020) https://www.mountsinaimonastery.org/news-blog/fmsm-fifth-year-report monthly 0.5 2019-12-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1576891255883-EOJT8GCLXV1RWBHOVF62/Feast+of+St+Catherine-3.jpg News Blog - FMSM Fifth Year Report Holding his staff, Archbishop Damianos presides from his throne at the hierarchical Feast day Liturgy of St. Catherine officiated by Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem with many co-celebrants, Dec. 8, 2019. Picture at top of page: procession with relics of St. Catherine. Photos courtesy of Fr. Justin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1576903845550-N68S45YYL5NP4S1GMGAN/St+Stephens.jpg News Blog - FMSM Fifth Year Report The chapel of St. Stephen is especially beautiful at Christmas, when snow often falls onto the lower elevations of Mount Sinai. Photo courtesy of Fr. Justin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1576909602019-NCLM20RT6AVPXPUWK8CD/Doorway.jpg News Blog - FMSM Fifth Year Report The Sinai basilica welcomes pilgrims on the great Feasts as it has for fifteen centuries. Photo courtesy of Michael Issa. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1576741533401-WJEBDAKICM48L0O6KHIL/Athens-20.jpg News Blog - FMSM Fifth Year Report New plumbing being installed at the metochion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1576741588012-ZJL4F3KSIAX7CZJIDHZZ/Athens-13.jpg News Blog - FMSM Fifth Year Report Electrical wires were placed inside the walls instead of the old wiring that was on the outside. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1576907030782-RSC6ONU5U8R7BL8QOUTG/Electrical+panel.jpg News Blog - FMSM Fifth Year Report New main electrical panel. https://www.mountsinaimonastery.org/news-blog/2019/11/24/the-inward-gaze-of-sanctity monthly 0.5 2022-05-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1574572772251-NKUYJOCAZ4KU7VBXX541/StCatherine-1.jpg News Blog - For the Feast Day of St. Catherine: The Inward Gaze of Sanctity On the iconostasis of the Monastery basilica following Divine Liturgy on November 21, 2019, Saint Catherine contemplates the love with which the crucified Christ restores humanity to Himself https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1574572948948-SQEPBR1KH4WCA941CRQ3/2-St+Catherine+w+other+Saints.jpg News Blog - For the Feast Day of St. Catherine: The Inward Gaze of Sanctity Saints Marina, Catherine, and Barbara, from the Sinai collections https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1574573268418-4M8H5O24N9G6ORP6CA5E/3-St+Catherine+w+martyrdom.jpg News Blog - For the Feast Day of St. Catherine: The Inward Gaze of Sanctity Sinai icon of Saint Catherine with scenes of her martyrdom https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1574573580973-U12FTRMT3XTD2KTZWP6A/4-arxontariki.jpg News Blog - For the Feast Day of St. Catherine: The Inward Gaze of Sanctity St. Catherine’s arxontariki hosts monks and pilgrims for spiritual fellowship following the divine services https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1574573658650-F54MAMJ9EI0TOUAAZBG7/5-miracle+of+St.+Paraskevi.jpg News Blog - For the Feast Day of St. Catherine: The Inward Gaze of Sanctity Celebration of the miraculous procession of 1918 when Saint Paraskevi was carried from her Monastery through the town of Thermo to halt the Spanish flu https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1574573807050-HMRDQI1PB6IDH5ND90WI/6-Virgin+Hodegetria.jpg News Blog - For the Feast Day of St. Catherine: The Inward Gaze of Sanctity “Virgin Hodegetria” with Saints Marina and Paraskevi, from the Sinai collections https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1574583091783-8JUKZMQSMUZ9HYXNEB2K/9-Archbishop.jpg News Blog - For the Feast Day of St. Catherine: The Inward Gaze of Sanctity His Eminence, Archbishop Damianos I of Sinai nears completion of his fifth decade as spiritual leader of Christianity’s oldest monastic community and beloved spiritual father of numberless faithful https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1574573869090-TBB85ZOEKZKJSIMNIG2A/7-St+Catherine+and+St+Marina.jpg News Blog - For the Feast Day of St. Catherine: The Inward Gaze of Sanctity Saints Catherine and Marina, from the Monastery collections https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1574583428895-X6N8AEYTCVBMGUNG9T2E/Tapestry-header.jpg News Blog - For the Feast Day of St. Catherine: The Inward Gaze of Sanctity Sinai tapestry of Saint Catherine crowned as a Holy Martyr by Christ while being attended by Holy Angels https://www.mountsinaimonastery.org/news-blog/meeting-of-the-lord-2019 monthly 0.5 2019-02-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1549072793167-LK9N9808E1JCZV5MGP0E/2019.jpg News Blog - 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Why is St. Catherine so Beloved? ‘The Mystical Marriage of Saint Catherine’ was a prominent theme in Western religious art for many centuries (Andrea Previtali, c. 1505) Source: Wikipedia public domain image https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1543044420094-MSMAV08N2BHBLWPYWZ7B/2+Clouds4+copy+%E2%80%93+Version+2.jpg News Blog - Why is St. Catherine so Beloved? The Holy Summit of Mount Sinai https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1543044495771-UJFVVZVI599QBHX6LTAW/3+Geronta+and+Pilgrims+at+Burning+Bush.jpg News Blog - Why is St. Catherine so Beloved? Elder Pavlos with pilgrims at the Burning Bush. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1543044614539-M36LBU3ZD3W814OH6YWA/4+Lity+St+Catherine%27s+feast.jpg News Blog - Why is St. Catherine so Beloved? Monks pray for God’s blessings on the world during their procession with Saint Catherine's relics around the katholikon on the Feastday of the Saint. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1543044754685-8W5RNVP1TJA7Q5SRI854/5+Spanish+saint+icon.jpg News Blog - Why is St. Catherine so Beloved? A fourteenth century Catalonian icon representative of the Saint’s renown in Europe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1543044896248-27942ECZFAOSPLF6HZ20/6+Flag+monogram.jpg News Blog - Why is St. Catherine so Beloved? The monogram of the Saint flies over her Monastery in 2010. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1543045893534-UK1ZKVMUWI46I8C6QXUK/7+Dawn+pink+one-small.jpg News Blog - Why is St. Catherine so Beloved? Dawn from the Holy Summit of Sinai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1543045919006-WG43VIZ9CADBA6EBW5G0/8+Rolls+for+feast.jpg News Blog - Why is St. Catherine so Beloved? Special loaves are blessed for the Monastery Feastday, imprinted with a seal depicting the saint. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1543046472392-LYJD5O2RVS5NY9A7DWHG/9+Rolls+closeup.jpg News Blog - Why is St. Catherine so Beloved? The loaves distributed to pilgrims as blessings of her Feast. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1543047033278-KVZU0UJ7H8FMIY76LOFW/10+Burning+Bush.jpg News Blog - Why is St. Catherine so Beloved? The Burning Bush https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1543047148751-FQK1SP8Q1UBJGPOVFON8/11+Courtyards+Version+2.jpg News Blog - Why is St. Catherine so Beloved? Even in remotest environs far from the world, holy monasteries are filled with a vibrant sense of life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1543047226089-G0WF8ZC09C8PD9P0EBSV/12+Ring+veneration.jpg News Blog - Why is St. Catherine so Beloved? Relics of the Saint are presented for veneration by pilgrims, who are each given a silver ring bearing her monogram. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1543047332845-FH7IHEF78YLPQY1046Y4/13+Moses+removing+sandals+Version+2.jpg News Blog - Why is St. Catherine so Beloved? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1543047464537-ITFQNS5BEKIY94TWERKW/14+Reliquary+of+St+Catherine+-+Version+3+%E2%80%93+Version+4.jpg News Blog - Why is St. Catherine so Beloved? Saint Catherine’s reliquary; in the background, an ancient tapestry depicts the translation of her relic by angels to Sinai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1543048158317-454QCTBIA7EEPMFTRVVB/15+Monastery+from+V+Version+4.jpg News Blog - Why is St. Catherine so Beloved? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1543048211007-6AVR7EUY1HK2ID7R8AO6/16+Geronta+at+main+altar+Dec+7+2012++.jpg News Blog - Why is St. Catherine so Beloved? At the holy altar on the Feast of the Saint, Father Pavlos borrows the glow of a few tapers to read names of those who have sought his prayers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1543048282699-L75S5XGCC6WPXISPLK3T/17+Geronta+saloni+curtains+4.jpg News Blog - Why is St. Catherine so Beloved? Elder Pavlos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1543048355609-DYDT4L7FOS3WI4UN7VDE/18+Life+icon.jpg News Blog - Why is St. Catherine so Beloved? Thirteenth century icon of Saint Catherine with scenes from her life and martyrdom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1543048455602-P1Q3M20UV39PU50VIL65/19+Despoti+in+throne+Dec+8+2013+.jpg News Blog - Why is St. Catherine so Beloved? ‘Man receives more in Christ than he lost in Adam.’ - His Eminence Archbishop Damianos of Sinai. http://orthochristian.com/67565.html https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1543048600214-7RY07YOE59I6TMAHZSCS/20+Light+on+celebrants.jpg News Blog - Why is St. Catherine so Beloved? https://www.mountsinaimonastery.org/news-blog/the-nativity-of-all-holy-theotokos-connecting-the-old-and-new-testaments monthly 0.5 2019-01-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1537505304909-QA7WNGJOX8LOKR9N5JT0/byzantine_icons_of_sinai_allart_biz_0018.jpg News Blog - The Nativity of the All Holy Theotokos – Connecting the Old and New Testaments https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1537505462085-WG1FKLFTU6P8ULV2VER2/Pravednye_Ioakim_i_Anna_Iosif_Obruchnik_Adam_praotetc_i_Eva_pramater_fragment_ikony.jpg News Blog - The Nativity of the All Holy Theotokos – Connecting the Old and New Testaments https://www.mountsinaimonastery.org/news-blog/third-year-report monthly 0.5 2019-01-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1513886643903-VN8WBZ2F5Y6G3ELQ85L4/IMG_3299.JPG News Blog - FMSM Third Year Report The plaster has been stripped away, and new windows and doors are being installed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1513891299653-VPEAU3TJFDWJKGD4U4C6/IMG_3309.JPG News Blog - FMSM Third Year Report Lumber and reinforcing rods for poured concrete. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1513886988706-3AK4SVPN5I6TC5VHB83C/IMG_3300.JPG News Blog - FMSM Third Year Report New brick walls are being built in the kellia downstairs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1513886784768-89CUH4VOWVV9XLUABKFG/IMG_3306.JPG News Blog - FMSM Third Year Report A cement mixer and scaffolding in one of the downstairs kellia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1513888070930-N0S8MTWO0XV3J57HZGUH/IMG_3311.JPG News Blog - FMSM Third Year Report The floor on the west side has concrete slabs covering the channel for plumbing and electricity. This also will be paved with limestone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1513887170959-090WSCN4CSGQ4CV5F5S4/IMG_3304.JPG News Blog - FMSM Third Year Report New walls being built. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1513888018546-SYVVN2BOL16PDUIQ12V6/IMG_3298.JPG News Blog - FMSM Third Year Report A new door. https://www.mountsinaimonastery.org/news-blog/news-from-sinai-oct2017 monthly 0.5 2019-01-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1509152899639-XANDA0195UYZFWW5B3FY/1-Tower.jpg News Blog - News from Sinai https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1509153161044-XMY72031RRPSA4G9GQH8/Monk+with+children.JPG News Blog - News from Sinai Bedouin children at the Monastery of Saint Catherine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1509153329208-E4RPAN9LWGWNRPCHBXU6/3-child+close+up.JPG News Blog - News from Sinai https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1509153453960-037IWTSOV7UMP6EDPSNV/4-on+top+of+tower.jpg News Blog - News from Sinai Michael attaching the cross on top of the bell tower https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1509153523160-1K65JS8ZJBBR48U7E20D/5-climbing+tower.jpg News Blog - News from Sinai Monastery bell tower being "conquered" by Michael, the mountain-climber https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1509153603988-RSNIKR92441XG4INZ4PW/6-Nun+w+children.jpg News Blog - News from Sinai https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1509153976278-7FGYP5H1WNH7H1OUZMLZ/7-talking+with+a+Father.jpg News Blog - News from Sinai Talking with Fr. Justin... https://www.mountsinaimonastery.org/news-blog/2017/9/21/nativity-of-the-theotokos-2017 monthly 0.5 2019-01-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1506053423201-KTQFONHCSODKVTT8VC3K/NativityTheotokos.jpg News Blog - Nativity of the Theotokos, 2017 Sinai icon of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos, 16th Century, St. Catherine's Monastery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1506053545253-FFQIHLLI1P9SUCFWASWV/Nativity+of+Theotokos+Chapel.jpg News Blog - Nativity of the Theotokos, 2017 Liturgy inside the Chapel of Nativity of the Theotokos, Saint Catherine’s Monastery, Sinai https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1506053689189-BO6XNQUHPXQNDLCTR8GG/St.+Anne+Chapel.jpg News Blog - Nativity of the Theotokos, 2017 "A beam of sunlight entered through the tiny window of this most beautiful little chapel." The Chapel of Saint Anne, the mother of the Theotokos, is located high in the Sinai Mountains. (Fr. Justin's Blog: http://www.fatherjustinsblog.info/archives/4704 ) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1506053886470-QQWP4XCDR5FFXCU2CYB0/Nativity+of+Theotokos+Chapel3.jpg News Blog - Nativity of the Theotokos, 2017 The barren rock of Sinai rising above the Chapel of the Nativity of the Theotokos https://www.mountsinaimonastery.org/news-blog/transfiguration2017 monthly 0.5 2022-02-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1501736103212-QJ9I0QLINHM6VRT4QL6G/image-asset.jpeg News Blog - ‘Who do <i>you</i> say I am?’ "And, behold, there talked with him two men, which were Moses and Elias: who appeared in glory, and spake of his decease which he should accomplish at Jerusalem." A ripidion from the altar depicts the Holy Transfiguration to which the Sinai church was dedicated. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1501735553714-M56V126HH48SXIAOT7E2/image-asset.jpeg News Blog - ‘Who do <i>you</i> say I am?’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1501735799894-Z6W6GD9UPG7JN1MVH9SM/image-asset.jpeg News Blog - ‘Who do <i>you</i> say I am?’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1501734803916-LFVB8AYD2JWUQ6C4ZHAP/image-asset.jpeg News Blog - ‘Who do <i>you</i> say I am?’ https://www.mountsinaimonastery.org/news-blog/progress-update-july2017 monthly 0.5 2017-07-25 https://www.mountsinaimonastery.org/news-blog/2017/5/25/from-ascension-to-pentecost monthly 0.5 2017-05-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1495678699610-Z20O71SHRG129541NX5M/image-asset.jpeg News Blog - From Ascension to Pentecost, 2017 Ascension icon, Sinai https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1495679002316-PC36AUYDDKV28WYGASCB/image-asset.jpeg News Blog - From Ascension to Pentecost, 2017 St. Anastasios of Sinai https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1495679874867-VYJBMCTNB4O1UF22H9SM/image-asset.jpeg News Blog - From Ascension to Pentecost, 2017 Pentecost icon, Sinai https://www.mountsinaimonastery.org/news-blog/2017/4/24/pascha-and-holy-week-2017 monthly 0.5 2024-05-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1493087238920-30JWYMK0K1EX8U90X0ZW/image-asset.jpeg News Blog - Pascha and Bright Week 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1493087372810-UPI7FU5G4N9X1LLXC7LQ/image-asset.jpeg News Blog - Pascha and Bright Week 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1493087476948-IN7ITVDZC22UXXQ8NYSR/image-asset.jpeg News Blog - Pascha and Bright Week 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1493087505472-ZPQ3CRCQMNLY9PHYT9LV/image-asset.jpeg News Blog - Pascha and Bright Week 2017 https://www.mountsinaimonastery.org/news-blog/is-the-burning-bush-still-burning monthly 0.5 2017-04-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1490329506803-44GZJYS6QJLEYNFYI9MD/image-asset.jpeg News Blog - IS THE BURNING BUSH STILL BURNING? Ascent to Holy Mount Sinai https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1490456593990-L70UIFM6VX9G06WY9Q5K/Saint+John.jpg News Blog - IS THE BURNING BUSH STILL BURNING? Saint John of the Ladder (Klimakos) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1490330132891-OTEG6JFQHNECAXG3EXQC/image-asset.jpeg News Blog - IS THE BURNING BUSH STILL BURNING? View of the Burning Bush at Saint Catherine's Monastery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1490420836903-B4ZU5FNYPELMU43EF2Y7/image-asset.jpeg News Blog - IS THE BURNING BUSH STILL BURNING? Sinai Annunciation Icon (12th Century) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1490420879243-7LQIMNR40LZX1ZGVSG8Y/image-asset.jpeg News Blog - IS THE BURNING BUSH STILL BURNING? Mosaic of Moses at the Burning Bush in the Monastery Church https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1490420955793-FSVIFGC781FE67DLFCF2/image-asset.jpeg News Blog - IS THE BURNING BUSH STILL BURNING? The Ladder of Divine Ascent https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1490421256181-JCQZK2YED9KO0UMAWNZ1/image-asset.jpeg News Blog - IS THE BURNING BUSH STILL BURNING? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1490421424233-697IJUJSAOJR6U4L9QCZ/image-asset.jpeg News Blog - IS THE BURNING BUSH STILL BURNING? Cave of Saint John of the Ladder in Sinai https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1490421540144-DVS5JNW7IL1HA53SY2TH/image-asset.jpeg News Blog - IS THE BURNING BUSH STILL BURNING? Sinai Icon of Christ Pantocrator https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1490421593170-X3QI0PM28JKCF2YYQ94L/image-asset.jpeg News Blog - IS THE BURNING BUSH STILL BURNING? His Eminence Archbishop Damianos, Abbott of Saint Catherine's Monastery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1490422337819-M01XKR27VX9VQUMWCGFM/image-asset.jpeg News Blog - IS THE BURNING BUSH STILL BURNING? Burning Bush Close Up https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1490421992897-0ZNLMDUMP5HG9L00RDLH/image-asset.jpeg News Blog - IS THE BURNING BUSH STILL BURNING? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1490422406063-ATX9FG5MSA310U8Y0DA6/image-asset.jpeg News Blog - IS THE BURNING BUSH STILL BURNING? Elder Pavlos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1490422893222-UPKQ5IO5CXNX03J5JJS3/image-asset.jpeg News Blog - IS THE BURNING BUSH STILL BURNING? In the Monastery Bakery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1490422982611-GVO90PTGC1E4QJFN3VP5/image-asset.jpeg News Blog - IS THE BURNING BUSH STILL BURNING? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1490423091515-6BQ8MIQMZHIFXP16UFX8/image-asset.jpeg News Blog - IS THE BURNING BUSH STILL BURNING? Valley of Saint John of the Ladder https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1490329691519-ZQQJ3KAXK96YQKBETC25/image-asset.jpeg News Blog - IS THE BURNING BUSH STILL BURNING? Saint John of the Ladder (Klimakos) https://www.mountsinaimonastery.org/news-blog/fmsm-second-year-report monthly 0.5 2016-12-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1482443795859-8DMQ4KF2O5Z7X39O955F/image-asset.jpeg News Blog - FMSM Second Year Report It takes a daily devoted effort by the monks and local workers to keep the Monastery intact. (Picture courtesy of Massimo Pizzocaro) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1482441958893-MZ2DLI3DR0KRIFV8Q6V8/image-asset.jpeg News Blog - FMSM Second Year Report Monk doing maintenance repairs at the monastery. (Picture courtesy of Massimo Pizzocaro) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1482362349896-DPB86Y4P8S45XY056S6H/image-asset.jpeg News Blog - FMSM Second Year Report Current repairs/renovation work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1482362786931-4W0SL16P9V06AY2KDVQP/image-asset.jpeg News Blog - FMSM Second Year Report Carpentry machine purchased with your donations. https://www.mountsinaimonastery.org/news-blog/monastery-feast-day-2016 monthly 0.5 2016-12-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1482300892567-07FNZZRV6XGWU01NDPSE/image-asset.jpeg News Blog - A Word from Archbishop Damianos on the Feast Day of St. Catherine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1482301779102-84AHF5CQPOSPXNRZK5SA/image-asset.jpeg News Blog - A Word from Archbishop Damianos on the Feast Day of St. Catherine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1482301831685-DDZVR3C93N2HIBS1ZF6I/image-asset.jpeg News Blog - A Word from Archbishop Damianos on the Feast Day of St. Catherine https://www.mountsinaimonastery.org/news-blog/dormition2016 monthly 0.5 2016-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1471235374974-4MGZLKPONMAYHHF0DAUV/image-asset.jpeg News Blog - Dormition at the Burning Bush The entrance to the Sinai Monastery is through a portal guarded by the Panagia of the Burning Bush. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1471235504481-3V5Z5PHXF50VUE45EVAV/image-asset.jpeg News Blog - Dormition at the Burning Bush https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1471235678772-IB0WDXJJ5AVLZMEKQYDE/image-asset.jpeg News Blog - Dormition at the Burning Bush Sinai’s 3rd century women’s hermitage of Saint Epistimi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1471236016414-8ZZMEFZN193N2PGD1S5K/image-asset.jpeg News Blog - Dormition at the Burning Bush The Burning Bush grows until today outside the chapel built by Saint Helena in the 4th century. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1471236081265-Y21RCPTN92AZMNB1SRN9/image-asset.jpeg News Blog - Dormition at the Burning Bush Sinai icon of the Dormition of the Theotokos from the latter half of the 13th century. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1471236288831-GT5CQLCO5XYFQ4WFX35L/image-asset.jpeg News Blog - Dormition at the Burning Bush Rocks are found on Sinai bearing the image of the Burning Bush. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1471239625520-9WRS5RH0752CMS2894N3/image-asset.jpeg News Blog - Dormition at the Burning Bush A lamp is kept lit in the Monastery bakery before an icon of the Virgin Mary of the Burning Bush. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1471237673674-FIKRG27Z79XUGK3CR9HO/image-asset.png News Blog - Dormition at the Burning Bush Sinai monks liturgize at the Dormition of the Theotokos in the chapel dedicated to the Feast, located in the 4th century tower built by Saint Helena. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1471238462999-CQ1LM2PFXD0VFTE9Q1NH/image-asset.jpeg News Blog - Dormition at the Burning Bush Panagia Oikonomissa (Stewardess) marks the spot where the Theotokos appeared to the monks on Mount Sinai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1471238741706-FOCQV5WBCZ792GY7600Q/image-asset.png News Blog - Dormition at the Burning Bush https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1471238908713-PBPMP8UVW2MTJ232MTQW/image-asset.png News Blog - Dormition at the Burning Bush https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1471239083519-YNITXXOAU1VE646BN436/image-asset.jpeg News Blog - Dormition at the Burning Bush The empty tomb of the Holy Virgin in Jerusalem https://www.mountsinaimonastery.org/news-blog/2016/7/12/video-on-st-paisios-time-at-st-catherine-monastery monthly 0.5 2020-07-11 https://www.mountsinaimonastery.org/news-blog/2016/4/10/sunday-of-st-john-climacus-lent-2016 monthly 0.5 2016-04-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1460273034443-BRM8V5U7H65MC9QSQYQY/image-asset.jpeg News Blog - Sunday of St. John Climacus, Lent 2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1460273552833-DTGYE8XUWDY078KC6YV2/image-asset.jpeg News Blog - Sunday of St. John Climacus, Lent 2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1460274124318-LE1LG19LEPVFL08K3WE4/image-asset.jpeg News Blog - Sunday of St. John Climacus, Lent 2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1460273970139-DX2F21T1LVG89M6UKRNG/image-asset.jpeg News Blog - Sunday of St. John Climacus, Lent 2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1460275481121-Y195SLE1HIA90ZTXY188/image-asset.jpeg News Blog - Sunday of St. John Climacus, Lent 2016   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1460275586771-19SYYQ5ZEDVLZN9OZPCQ/image-asset.jpeg News Blog - Sunday of St. John Climacus, Lent 2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1460277191882-IXY888B2VD0IM2XA7DSZ/image-asset.jpeg News Blog - Sunday of St. John Climacus, Lent 2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1460276532659-0E2BOOQPSDAPAWNB9M0B/image-asset.jpeg News Blog - Sunday of St. John Climacus, Lent 2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1460278548475-7YTZBRYKUCWALQHUTI6Y/image-asset.jpeg News Blog - Sunday of St. John Climacus, Lent 2016 https://www.mountsinaimonastery.org/news-blog/2015/12/22/fmsm-first-year-report monthly 0.5 2015-12-22 https://www.mountsinaimonastery.org/news-blog/2015/11/21/bride-of-christ-st-catherine-of-alexandria-november-25 monthly 0.5 2015-11-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1448087297302-GP51IFG57JWVEXQIPFZ2/image-asset.png News Blog - Bride of Christ, St. Catherine of Alexandria Saint Catherine is depicted with the symbols of her wisdom and martyrdom in this icon of the 17th century Cretan school on the imposing iconostasis of the Monastery basilica. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1448087188349-7ZV0PXW6CDA87FY3UVTW/image-asset.png News Blog - Bride of Christ, St. Catherine of Alexandria His Beatitude the Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa Theodoros II (l) and Archbishop Damianos I of Sinai, Pharan and Raitho (r) share a private moment on the Feastday of Saint Catherine in 2005. (Massimo Pizzocaro/Italy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1448088944256-760MF8VQYMJ78CYC5JS0/image-asset.png News Blog - Bride of Christ, St. Catherine of Alexandria His Eminence Archbishop Damianos I presides over worship from the Royal Doors as light from the Holy Summit of Sinai floods the basilica. (Bruce M. White Photography) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1448087592818-WMZ9ZB4NGGHINY36CAMH/Stairs-3.JPG News Blog - Bride of Christ, St. Catherine of Alexandria Emperor Justinian’s basilica was not yet built when the 6th century “Piacenza” pilgrim from Italy recounted the hospitable welcome of the Sinai monks during his visit to the Holy Mountain. (Genevieve Angelides) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1448085978076-UPATLDB9D5BMQMUSDPX3/image-asset.jpeg News Blog - Bride of Christ, St. Catherine of Alexandria Encompassing over half of the Byzantine icons in existence, the Sinai collections represent every other iconographic stylistic period as well. This portable icon was a gift from Catalonia in 1387, the work of Martin da Vilanova. It is on display in the Monasery Treasury. (Bruce M. White Photography) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1448089516418-52QK2PEGOJK9NTWHSUC2/image-asset.png News Blog - Bride of Christ, St. Catherine of Alexandria Silver rings bearing the Saint’s monogram are given to pilgrims who hand them down through generations as a perpetual blessing of pilgrimage to Mount Sinai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1448089798648-4X0TOQLH90UAT2T3PFFH/Seal.JPG News Blog - Bride of Christ, St. Catherine of Alexandria Loaves stamped with the seal of Saint Catherine holding the cross and palm of victory are distributed to pilgrims at the end of the service on the Saint’s Feastday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1448090165467-UJRU8EME5OVA4NLI6XMO/Patriarch+and+PriestMonks-6.JPG News Blog - Bride of Christ, St. Catherine of Alexandria Distinguished guests including Patriarch Theodoros II with Sinai priestmonks enter the church for the Festal Liturgy of Saint Catherine in 2005. (Massimo Pizzocaro/ Italy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1448086254879-P0L5GT3MEFWKW69G4I1H/image-asset.jpeg News Blog - Bride of Christ, St. Catherine of Alexandria Recently restored to brilliance by a massive restoration funded by the Emir of Qatar, the Sinai mosaic of the Transfiguration of Christ was described by Kurt Weitzmann as “a vision of Heaven in the wilderness of Moses.”[2]   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1448090690841-HAIKCB9MUR6XR98AZHCJ/image-asset.jpeg News Blog - Bride of Christ, St. Catherine of Alexandria On the Saint Catherine’s feast, all the lamps are lit above the marble reliquary that enshrines her relics, across from a gold-embroidered tapestry depicting angels translating the relics to Sinai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1448086379824-9982BDNQXNNUQYM9HDS6/image-asset.jpeg News Blog - Bride of Christ, St. Catherine of Alexandria A bluish veil far below the Holy Summit dissolves with the dawn to reveal the crests of a seascape fixed in granite since the blush of creation. https://www.mountsinaimonastery.org/news-blog/2015/10/11/the-ladder-of-heavenly-unity monthly 0.5 2016-12-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1444546206975-S31S63IQXL033LHGGQPP/image-asset.jpeg News Blog - The Ladder of Heavenly Unity Moses approached the divine fire of the Burning Bush with the footsteps of his mind bare, completely free from any human trains of thought. -Saint Maximos the Confessor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1444546403238-TS9ZRG35HHNP6V7GUJZ3/image-asset.jpeg News Blog - The Ladder of Heavenly Unity Bruce M. White Photography The altar of the “Holy of Holies” of St. Catherine’s Monastery is placed directly over the roots of the Burning Bush, which grows outside the chapel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1444546609437-BBDOC366NXR8OPAMVCY0/image-asset.jpeg News Blog - The Ladder of Heavenly Unity Bruce M. White Photography Rays from the Holy Summit engulf all ages in the limitless love of the Crucified Christ during services preceding Holy Pascha. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1480800512399-4PXDVIIG9LNCWDHUXAS1/image-asset.jpeg News Blog - The Ladder of Heavenly Unity The Jebeliya (Mountain) Bedouin proudly trace their lineage to the families of guards brought to the Sinai by Emperor Justinian in the 6th century. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1444546707019-AG7M09BODPC33NLBZOKV/image-asset.jpeg News Blog - The Ladder of Heavenly Unity Peter G. Angelides The two-headed eagle of the Byzantine empire symbolizes unity in diversity, the continuity of empire from West to East, union of past and future in fidelity to the Word of God. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1480799606410-0JE9HSL25XVUKGG6ACF3/image-asset.jpeg News Blog - The Ladder of Heavenly Unity Sinai’s mosaic Transfiguration of Christ was recently restored to sixth century brilliance following restoration generously funded by the Emir of Qatar. Additional funding was also provided by The Getty Museum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1480201637818-OHE2KV8B9XXR0P6IZARE/Valley.jpg News Blog - The Ladder of Heavenly Unity Peter G. Angelides “Here, in this stillness, you can hear your own heart beat,” says St. Catherine’s Priestmonk Pavlos. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1480799306058-7T2SCIKD97GVVO82FEEC/image-asset.jpeg News Blog - The Ladder of Heavenly Unity On a background of burnished gold and surrounded by a gem-like border, Christ Pantocrator is rendered in translucent colors with great subtlety in Sinai Codex Theodosianus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1480799227950-P1KY013TNN4N30142ZFJ/image-asset.jpeg News Blog - The Ladder of Heavenly Unity Commenting on the Gospel for the Transfiguration of Christ, inscribed in gold in Codex Theodosianus, Saint Gregory of Sinai noted that only the “elite” of Christ’s disciples could be given to experience His glory, due to the individual efforts and love of each. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1480799100948-W0JKZRUDRKF20JQ48BH0/image-asset.jpeg News Blog - The Ladder of Heavenly Unity In the “Amolyntos” icon in the private chapel of the Archbishop ofSinai, Christ presses His mother’s hand, as though probing to understand the human nature He has just assumed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1480798821682-Q9RMT7A06V5Q4L6MKSJJ/image-asset.jpeg News Blog - The Ladder of Heavenly Unity Bruce M. White Photography Byzantine hymnology perceives the All-holy Virgin as the tabernacle of God the Word that surpasses the Holy of Holies, and the ark gilt by the Spirit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1444711216897-AP3E0GMN9C0DE5MX77CK/image-asset.jpeg News Blog - The Ladder of Heavenly Unity Priestmonk Justin of Sinai Viewing the sunrise from the Holy Summit of Sinai has been likened to seeing the creation of the world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1481089957092-UII39EZQT9Y38E361T5N/Burning+Bush.JPG News Blog - The Ladder of Heavenly Unity Genevieve Angelides The Burning Bush https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1444549036906-ZBFCY0JCJ1DWB4ZOW9BG/image-asset.jpeg News Blog - The Ladder of Heavenly Unity Priestmonk Justin of Sinai https://www.mountsinaimonastery.org/news-blog/2015/8/23/the-sinai-palimpsests-project-now-has-a-website monthly 0.5 2015-08-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1440310900529-T7N9JW0WFX53N8HE0IGR/image-asset.jpeg News Blog - The Sinai Palimpsests Project now has a Website https://www.mountsinaimonastery.org/news-blog/2015/8/10/new-perspectives-on-the-ancient-biblical-manuscript monthly 0.5 2015-08-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1439262378281-OG90KKFI261Z235GS4Q1/image-asset.jpeg News Blog - New Perspectives on the Ancient Biblical Manuscript https://www.mountsinaimonastery.org/news-blog/2015/7/18/delegation monthly 0.5 2015-07-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1436157825233-KBUBMOW9ZAVSVTOJ9O57/image-asset.jpeg News Blog - A Special Delegation from Al-Azhar Visits Saint Catherine’s Monastery The delegation inside the sixth century basilica at Saint Catherine’s Monastery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5488acace4b05c1d239c5992/1436158096843-P80XIF7UBO3T73NRSZQD/image-asset.jpeg News Blog - A Special Delegation from Al-Azhar Visits Saint Catherine’s Monastery The delegates expressed a special interest in the early copies of the Testament of the Prophet Muhammad on display. 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