Saint Catherine's Monastery, Sinai, Egypt

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Saint_Catherine's_Monastery,_Sinai,_Egypt
GPTKB entity
Statements (32)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Eastern_Orthodox_Church
gptkbp:alternativeName gptkb:Sacred_Monastery_of_the_God-Trodden_Mount_Sinai
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Mount_Sinai
gptkbp:city gptkb:Saint_Catherine,_South_Sinai_Governorate
gptkbp:contains gptkb:Chapel_of_the_Burning_Bush
icon collection
library of ancient manuscripts
gptkbp:country gptkb:Egypt
gptkbp:dedicatedTo gptkb:Saint_Catherine_of_Alexandria
gptkbp:founded 6th century
gptkbp:founder gptkb:Emperor_Justinian_I
gptkbp:governedBy gptkb:Archbishop_of_Mount_Sinai
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Saint Catherine's Monastery, Sinai, Egypt
gptkbp:languageOfWorship gptkb:Arabic
gptkb:Greek
gptkb:Church_Slavonic
gptkbp:location gptkb:Sinai_Peninsula,_Egypt
gptkbp:notable_for oldest working Christian monastery
continuous monastic activity since foundation
manuscript collection second only to Vatican Library
site of the Burning Bush
gptkbp:openToPublic yes
gptkbp:patronSaint gptkb:Saint_Catherine_of_Alexandria
gptkbp:protectedBy walls built by Justinian I
gptkbp:religiousAffiliation gptkb:Eastern_Orthodox_Church
gptkbp:UNESCO_criteria Cultural: i, iii, iv, vi
gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite 2002
yes
gptkbp:website https://www.sinaimonastery.com/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Archbishop_Damianos
gptkb:Saint_Catherine
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6