On the holy ground where Moses was commanded to remove his sandals – together with all earthly logic – monks turn diversity’s polarizing forces to unity – some of the ways St. Catherine’s Monastery of ...

A team of researchers is creating the first digitized archive of manuscripts from St. Catherine's Monastery in Egypt's Sinai peninsula. The aim is to preserve the heritage housed in ...

The monastery is about 1,500 years old but, regardless, had the taint of a sensationalist fabrication; holy relic bait to lure donations. “This cannot be the real Mount Sinai,” I said to my son.

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The monastery’s full name is The Sacred Autonomous Royal Monastery of Saint Catherine of the Holy and God-Trodden Mount Sinai. It lies at the base of Jabal Musa, thought to be Mount Sinai and ...

Read More: 13 Things to Know Before Going to Egypt. Mount Sinai & St. Catherine Monastery Tour This is a tour that leaves from Sharm El Sheikh and takes you to the peak of Mt Sinai and includes a ...