This 5th century Orthodox
monastery sits at the base of Mount Sinai. Named after Catherine of
Alexandria, this monastery remains one of the oldest functioning
Christian monasteries in the world. It is said she was sentenced to
death on the wheel but survived and was beheaded. Angels then brought
her remains to Mt. Sinai, and being the site where the infamous
chapel of the burning bush was enclosed by Justinian I this monastery
remains an infamous site of pilgrimage today.
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