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title: "St Catherine's Monastery, Sinai — Holy places"
description: "Founded in the 6th century by Emperor Justinian at the foot of Mount Sinai; a working monastery with the oldest collection of icons and manuscripts."
url: "https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/places/sinai"
language: "en"
---

Monastery · Egypt

# St Catherine's Monastery, Sinai

Founded in the 6th century by Emperor Justinian at the foot of Mount Sinai; a working monastery with the oldest collection of icons and manuscripts.

## Shrines

- The Burning Bush
- The relics of Great-martyr Catherine

[Open in Maps](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=28.5558&mlon=33.9759#map=15/28.5558/33.9759) [Official website](https://www.sinaimonastery.com/)

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## Related

- [Christ Pantocrator of Sinai](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/icons/christ-pantocrator-sinai)