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Monastery of Saint Catherine

Sinai Monastery, St. Catherine's Monastery
Egypt, Sharm el-Sheikh
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Categories: religion Sharm el-Sheikh
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Monastery of Saint Catherine

Sinai Monastery, St. Catherine's Monastery
Egypt, Sharm el-Sheikh
The monastery of St. Catherine is an Orthodox male monastery founded in the 6th century, during the reign of Emperor Justinian I, and operating to this day. The monastery is located at the foot of Mount Sinai in Egypt. There is a gallery of icons, a library with valuable manuscripts, the Basilica of the Transfiguration, the Chapel of the Burning Bush and many other significant buildings.

For several centuries the monastery of St. Catherine has been one of the main places of Christian pilgrimage. And in 2002 it was included in the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

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Traveled 3 years ago
Rating 10
A touch of history
We rested in Dahab, took an excursion to the monastery of St. Catherine via the Internet. 1.5 hours of travel, 5 checkpoints and we are there. First, they are brought to a shop with icons, where the lowest price is $10 for a tiny icon, then to the monastery itself. At the entrance of the metal detector frame, the guards check the bags, 5-7 minutes up the path among the tall mountains and an oasis of olive and fruit trees and a greenhouse opens, and behind it the monastery itself - a majestic ancient Shrine.→
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Traveled 7 years ago
Rating 5
Very fast...
We took an excursion to the Monastery with a stop in Dahab. They are being taken to the Monastery under an armed escort, referring to the fact that anything can happen ...He is on time. Therefore, upon arrival there, everything is very fast and at a gallop ...so as not to be late ...There was no time to walk there on our own, somehow we managed to take a picture against the backdrop of the monastery. Aroma oils and all sorts of nonsense are being sold in Dahab. the price included lunch. Maybe a monastery and a shrine, but then it would be better to go to Jerusalem.→
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Traveled 8 years ago
THE MOST CORRECT REVIEW
MONASTERY OF SAINT CATHERINE and DAHAB - 50 USD. per person - this is a very good excursion (we didn’t go - it was canceled without explanation), but there were vacationers on it a little earlier, we asked them - everything coincided with what they promise when selling this excursion. The tour does NOT include climbing Mount Moses (this is a different tour), but on this one you may be lucky to get to the service in the monastery and on the way back you will be brought to the small town of Dahab - this is a diving center, everything is very beautiful, but on this tour you will NOT be offered swimming - there will be an opportunity to have a snack and buy souvenirs or jeans or towels (there prices are slightly lower for jeans, bags, cotton, etc.→
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