St Catherine

St Catherine Sinai is that holy spot where Allah appeared to speak to his Prophet Musa. So, it is a sacred place that has heard the sound of Allah.

You can walk through the same steps that Prophet Musa had taken. Then, you arrive at the Burning Bush Tree; it is the exact spot where Allah has spoken to Moses.

Look around you! Yes, you are in front of the oldest monastery in history with Byzantine architecture. It dates back to over seventeen centuries. To house the Sinai monks, the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I (527–565 AD) ordered the construction of this monastery in 548–565. Once entering this “Sacred Monastery of the God-Trodden Mount Sinai,” you will be in the heart of the 4th-century world, seeing collections of early Christian manuscripts and icons.

Go out of the Emperor Justinian monastery to walk amid the charming nature of this holy mountain, finding an amazing giant church called The Church of the Transfiguration of Christ the Savior, which contains nine smaller churches.

St Catherine’s Monastery Burning Bush

Among this collection of churches, you will meet the Burning Bush Tree. It is where the prophet Moses heard and received a message from God

You will find the historical olive press, and surprisingly, you will meet a Fatimid mosque from the 12th century AD with Islamic architecture.

St Catherine’s Monastery Library

You will also find a library that is home to reputedly the oldest continuously run library in existence today, with 6,000 manuscripts and rare books. 

You feel as if you are in a spot full of historical architecture of various eras amid amazing nature. Walk through the holy events of the eras while your feet meet the steps where Moses had walked. 

Take historical paths and roads, including the monks’ path and also Abbas Pasha’s path (the camel’s path), which was ordered to be paved by Khedive Abbas Hilmi I in the nineteenth century AD. Take these historical, breathtaking paths to the magic of St. Catherine’s Sinai.