Greek-Orthodox: Monastery Of St.Catherien, Sinai (Egypt) • Abbeys and Monasteries 

Me too. I visited all the major site of the Holy Land except here. (My tour didn't go that way). I hope someday to visit the Holy Land again with my Family and hope that visit includes St. Catherine's in the trip.

@@johnstavropoulos7049 είναι πολύ όμορφη η Αίγυπτος να πάρεις και το τραίνο το τουριστικό να πας από Αλεξάνδρεια η καιρο κάτω στο λουξορ δίπλα από τον Νείλο!

May God grand your wish. God bless you

Are you christian

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They fly a Byzantine flag, but I was wondering what "Byzantine time" was. I've never heard of it. Is it GMT-2? Because that's just Greek Time. I think you mean the Julian Calendar instead though, right? The one named after Julius Caesar? Everyone uses the Gregorian Calendar now, because it marks Leap Years better? That is, except for most of the Orthodox Church, they still use the Julian Calendar, that is never, ever called "Byzantine time", ever? What were you doing, trying to inform people by misinforming them there? The Orthodox Churches of Jerusalem, Russia, Serbia, Montenegro, Poland (from 15 June 2014), North Macedonia, Georgia, Ukraine, and the Greek Old Calendarists, of which the Monastery of St Catherine is a part of, all use the Julian Calendar to mark feasts, meaning that Christmas Day is on the 7th January by everyone else's Gregorian Calendar, but that's the 25th of December on the Julian Calendar, or "Roman time" if you find the concept of calendars threatening in some way. Except for the Church of Ukraine now, they use the Gregorian calendar since the invasion.

Could be a Dulcimer

Repent heretic.

@Kostas Savvidis well I wouldn't expect Greek since they are in Egypt.

@@jamillarose5294 All those monks are Greeks and moved from Greece to Egypt in order to continue the existence of Greek monks in Sinai for hundreds of years

Mozes never really existed. The story exodus never really happened. It's only symbolism.

If Christs natures can be separated in such a way, then how can we be assured of our salvation? This is a theological error called Nestorianism, and all Christians condemn it, Orthodox, Catholic, and Protestant. Do a little reading friend :)

Totally untrue, she's called the Virgin Mary for a reason. Her only Son was God in the flesh as Jesus Christ. You're the one who needs to reread the Scriptures.

Jane Rodr The Church, which gave you a Bible, has always maintained her ever virginity. How dare you.

that is a lie .

what nonsense are you speaking, woman?

Jesus had brothers one named James was stoned to death,also Jose also had sisters, I agree do research.

Repent of your idiocy heretic

@Ämichai Schneller you must write to the Economo Sinai, the Housemaster and ask permission to visit.

God bless you

God bless you!

I hope your visit fulfilled your hopes.

Me too ... Hopefully ...

Pray to visit St. Catherine's. Prayer is better than dreams.

@Gisselle ST Women are allowed to visit Saint Catherine's in Mount Sinai, last time I checked.

I love the name Catherine!

this is ghassanid church you know?! when Sinai was part of Palestine and levant built in the 5th century documented as ghassanid in the historical records there is no greek churchs in Sinai NEVER ,they put their hands on it in the ww1 and claim it

Egypt is Christian from the beginning and this is an orthodox monastery since from it's built

@@aladinjasemin5257 yah but it's not Greek it's ghassanid christian and Sinai in the six century was annexed for their ghassanid kingdom

@@messianic_scam I didn't know what kingdom was,but I know wad Christians who build it,this is important and more important is that God protect it 🙏❤☦

It’s a short trip from British avarice and all sorts of world misery, injustice and Imperialism.

British as country steal alot of history

But better to be there, for they would be preserved there well

I am British, and this is a travesty

@@maryjemyfreeman7639 I don't know the will of God for the Codex, but two things: 1) Its a newer idea to believe that all it takes to be preserved well is to stick a thing behind glass in a climate which is controlled. The monks at Sinai are a part of a LIVING Tradition. The use, veneration, appreciation, love, and care for the holy things there are a part of that. Without that history, no one in the intellectual world would even care about the codex, and yet, it seems too difficult for those who run museums to accept that this is not just an item of antiquity, but is a thing of CURRENT living truth and should perhaps be returned so its use could be fulfilled around the people who pray. This would be different if the monks were just reenacters. Theyre not pretending. I have a hard time believing the British Museum could steal one of the most important texts of the Sentinilese tribe just for its preservation and the western minds curiosity when the tribe is still alive and wanting to use it. 2) St Katherine's currently has a state-of-the-art library. There is no reason the museum could not entrust it to Sinai even if they were afraid for its preservation. The monastery is a world heritage site and the library is considered immensely important from a historical/scientific standpoint. Many items have been stolen because of various reasons, lost during wars for instance. It's a controversial thing, of course. Many people believe all of those artifacts should stay in museums. Personally, I believe they should be returned to families and churches when the right lineage is found. We know that Sinai wants the Codex back and that this was its home. I hope this was helpful -Kat

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Me tqfuuhh

Mar Saba holds the relics of St. John of Damascus, the great saint who secured the Holiness and veneration of Holy Icons, teaching correctly that the veneration of the Holy person in the Icon is not idolatory but veneration in respect of the Saint or Christ therein and likened the Icon to a kind of window through whom the veneration passes.

Thank you for sharing the Monastic details and information. Glory to God for the preservation of The Faith and the Monastics who pray for the needs of the whole world. ☦️☦️☦️

I hope you 🙏

Ahhhhhhhh :) that is SO grace-filled! You can keep visiting them??

@Rafal Omnom Oh look, another one with no clue of church history, spouting slander.

Rafal Omnom Typical iconoclast. Go study Church history and the 7th Ecumenical Council in particular. Idols are not the same as icons.

Rafal Omnom they are not idols and they are not worshipped. God and Jesus are the way in Orthodox religion. But we also recognize the saints for their works and Mary for bringing the son of God into our world. You’re confusing worship with their recognition. We believe God and Jesus are the most high. This is the origin of Christianity and they hold the most ancient texts from around Jesus’ time. European kings LATER changed the Bible and teachings, to benefit THEIR own personal desires and needs. Orthodox religion has stayed the same since the dawn of Christianity. Everything is taught the same, always. It takes years to study and practice to become a priest. Other Christians depend on the interpretation of the pastor’s perspective on the scriptures, which is never the same. Even your Christian religion originated here and was later changed. Study your history.

@Rafal Omnom Greeks like to give a picture to their gods its good ! We are not uneducated primitive muslims after all

Let them what in peace

@@littlerateater to live peacefully!

@@littlerateater”let them in peace” may be a little old fashioned, but it’s still grammatically correct.

They wouldn’t have been able to make any of this without the monks’ permission, and plus places like this make almost all their money from tourism. They wouldn’t be able to persist without it, at this point, especially because religion is becoming less and less prevalent worldwide. And even more rare is religious people who have enough money to travel to these places, and then make a considerable enough donation to actually be useful to the monks. Those buildings are a thousand years old, and need constant restoration and maintenance. Expensive maintenance. The monks allow it, because it is mutually beneficial for them and the tourists. Like the guy says in the video, they consider it everyones monastery and all have equal right to tread there. they regulate it stiffly, but there isn’t really an alternative other than to accept it and take advantage of the benefits it offers, while also mitigating over-intrusion to protect the site and the privacy of the monks. It’s fine, so long as it’s supervised and regulated. And moreso, in a modern world, it has become necessary, so it is tolerated, or even welcomed by many.

@@kadoj Turism has become a plague and those peaceful places are fully disturbed by its presence. I do not believe they want that. And there are for them still many ways to receive donations to survive. Stop massive turism worldwide!!

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You grow your own food

lol this church has nothing to fo with you infiltrators

So, there is it!! Right?? At St Catherine's in Sinai - Did you Visit?? Did you go?? Did you find it?? Sorry - just curious :)

Revelation 1:13‭-‬15 KJV And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle. His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire; And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters.

Could you please tell me which icon it is, as I'm totally blind. I can listen to these videos, and my screen-reading software allows me to read these comments and the text in the description and use the player features. I can also hear what I'm typing, so I have no excuse for mistakes! I've wanted to visit St. Catherine's Monastery ever since I became Orthodox Christian. There's also a video with Ian Holmes, who became Orthodox Christian as a result of his many months and years of study and personal experiences while there. I believe it's called "Where God Walked on Earth". I wish I could upload it onto RU-vid, but alas, I don't have the means to patch-record it from my VCR to RU-vid. Maybe someone else might have it? Anyway, thanks in advance for filling me in on that Holy Icon, because there are some over there you can't find anywhere else.

@@heatherstub it's The Christ Pantocrator of St. Catherine's Monastery at Sinai. It's one of the oldest Byzantine icons of Christ.

@@andys3035 Oh yes. Thank you so much. I've heard of it from another documentary. Thanks for the reply, and God bless you.

@@heatherstub God bless you ☦️

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Yes!!!

Jesus Castanares We Orthodox do not venerate Catherine of Sienna. This is about St. Catherine of Alexandria whose monastery is in Sinai.