City of Saint Catherine
The city of Saint Katherine's most intimate and distinctive cities Sinai ... It is the highest inhabited places in Sinai where lies the plateau rises 1,600 m above sea level. Surrounded by a high mountain in the Sinai and Egypt are all ... And top mount Catherine, Mount Musa and Jebel alsevsafh and others.
This make her a distinct atmosphere also ... It is mild in summer, icy winter ... Giving her beautiful especially when snow mountain peaks adorns ... The region was declared a natural reserve. Historically ...Is a region of great importance. . And added to another religious historical civilization when constructed by the monastery now known as St. Catherine's monastery in the 6th century a.d.. It is still the greatest Christian monuments in Egypt and the world. This excellence in location and climate ... In history, geography ... Reflected in the present Saint Katherine which is a special tourist zone. And agricultural area due to groundwater sources.
Saint Katherine is located in the heart of South Sinai 300 kilometers from the Suez Canal. And 5130 square km. The city is famous for religious tourism and Safari tourism and mountaineering. The monastery of St. Catherine, Mount Musa and Prophet Harun and other religious monuments. As with many major tourist projects. Largest nature reserve in the Arab Republic of Egypt in terms of area.
Religious tourism:
Religious tourism is at the forefront of tourism of the city and the Holy Monastery of Saint Catherine of the tourist eager for religious tourism and was built in the 6th century AD.
St. Catherine's monastery in the world's oldest monastery in the Sacred Valley (long)
His writing "your Holy Valley nalik you long time"
Sacred Valley is the holiest spot on long, stated more than once in the Quran is sanctity and ousting alnaline had closed for the sanctity of the place and the proximity of the manifestation of God to Moses, and long Valley located near the city of Saint Catherine in South Sinai governorate of Egypt.
In the Sinai Peninsula and the mount (Sharia) or Jebel Musa-mountain km God has Moses peace be upon him – is one of the most famous Christian monasteries in the world; the Sinai monastery being known as "Saint Catherine", full of thousands of visitors annually, and the Registrar in the World Heritage list by UNESCO in 2002,
The story begins monastery of Saint Katherine since the Byzantine era where Moses was Mt. or so-called burning Bush Valley targeted by the Byzantine Empire lasted a long time, the Empress "Helena" or Emperor Constantine ordered the construction of a chapel and Tower at Jabal Musa, in the fourth century AD, named after the Church burning Bush.
Then came the Emperor Justinian in the 6th century AD, and specifically in the same region to build dir to commemorate his wife "Theodora" from 584 m to 565 m and this monastery called "name" and developed the Sinai monastery is the emperor to join the Church of the monastery as aleika to one of the churches of the monastery, and by the 9th century ad changes old name of the monastery and make his name "St. Katherine's monastery" St. Katherine, who lived in Alexandria under Roman Emperor "Maxima news" 305-311 a.d. has embraced Katherine. Katherine for that tortured and killed, and five centuries later, she finds one of the monks in the Sinai revelation, Angels carried her body remains on top of a mountain and placed near the monastery, it ascended to friars mount nerve remains the body then they moved to a church Monastery and Church "presentation" to get to the monastery since that time the monastery of St. Katherine ".
And was the direct cause of the monastery is in response to the appeal of Justinian resident monks and holy mountain church aleika built a large monastery meeting, but Justinian was behind several targets construction, including securing the eastern border of the Empire against the dangers of the Persians, and secure communication routes between Egypt and Palestine, a military Fort-like monastery, also work to spread the Katherine religion, a religious aspect.
When entering the Church adheres to all Western tourists and other modesty in dress and loose dresses worn by available there wanting people before entering it. The only entrance to the monastery is a small door at the height of 30 feet, monk explains, "that was designed to protect the monastery from strangers and intruders".
The Monastery represents a piece of art historical multiplayer, mosaic Russian, Greek, Arab, icons and mural paintings, pattern on wax and others.
Monastery in hanaiah includes
And St. Katherine monastery library is one of the most important shrines of visitors visited the Abbey both tourists and interested scholars of manuscripts and rare old books, it contains six thousand manuscript, including 600 manuscript in Arabic, Greek, Armenian and Ethiopic manuscripts and the Coptic walsorianet, religious manuscripts and historical, geographical and philosophical, the oldest dating to the 4th century AD, the library also includes a number of alvermanat issued From Muslim Caliphs for the people of the book, and one of the most important manuscripts of the monastery, mkhtotan discharged him in certain historical circumstances, one saved in the British Museum and one in Turkey.
The first manuscript: a Greek manuscript of the Bible known (known sinatikos) written by "asibos", Bishop of Caesarea maritima in 331 m has discovered in the monastery "chindrov 1869 m and presented to Caesar Russia Alexander II, who bought the monastery to 8,000 francs and printed copies thereof given to the monastery and the parent has remained until 1923 even sold by the Russian Government for the British Museum for £ 100,000 Sterling ".
The second manuscript: Covenant Prophet who gave the Prophet (PBUH) according to the teachings of Islam as Katherine era were shielded by security to their lives and their money weknsaehm, Sultan Selim I took the original while entering Egypt 1517 m, carrying the Astana left for monks the monastery is supported by this Covenant.
Burning Bush
Featuring monastery containing rare plant called "BlackBerry" grows only in St.
Katherine's monastery and has a special place amongKatherine and Jews, and that grows and produces his secret lies in khadarh, and cypress many labels, including BlackBerry plant or sacred tree or burning Bush tree, called balalikh inflammatory relative to the place where the Prophet Moses felt Fire in a story reported by the Quran.The only entrance to the monastery was a small door 30 feet high, was designed to protect the monastery from strangers and intruders, where people raise and give system-driven fund winches and pulleys. Now there is a small section at the bottom wall of the monastery.
It should be noted that there is a small mosque, one of Egypt's Fatimid rulers built inside the monastery to protect the monastery from the attacks to the monastery from time to time, and especially of orientalist travelers interpret it as a form of Islamic domination in that time, Napoleon Bonaparte during the French campaign on Egypt to strengthen the wall. From 40-200-ft., talita and erected defences after complaints the monks of the monastery for some attacks.
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