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

For 16 centuries ancient St.Catherine's monastery has braved the elements in the harsh Sinai mountains, a tiny Christian island in an Islamic sea, where past ages of Byzantine greatness have been preserved in the world's finest icon collection and an library surpassed by the great Vatican Library only. As a monk says: "God's capital on earth must be Sinai, because it is here where he wrote his laws"...This is the place of the Burning Bush, Moses and the Tenm Commandments, the Dance around the Golden Calf and the Ark of the Covenant.
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[@rasimoo999]

I was blessed to serve five months in St. Katherine in 1974. It was the most profound experience of my life. Glory to God.

[@MmMm-ic4ts]

Are you christian

[@rumirill]

I spent about a week working with the monks ( in a small way) in 1990, enjoyed it very much, and, although I am not Orthodox, have deep respect and Love for the fathers who live and work there,; I climbed Mount Sinai, on my own, got to the top! All I heard was an invisible radio ( the egyptian guides were all asleep) playing, Elvis singing “mus ich denn, muss i den, zum staetele hinaus, und nun mein Schatz bleibt hier” telling me to return to the World outside... which i did, walking back to Israel (&a bus ride), keeping my fond memories,till today, nearly 72 now, Love God, nothing else is important to me. With Love, John

[@machiquito]

I dream to visit this holy place..

[@katiazayats977]

Me too ... Hopefully ...

[@theunknowncommenter725]

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

[@theunknowncommenter725]

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

[@Maryorra]

Oh, how I would like to go here one day! May God give me this chance.

[@johnstavropoulos7049]

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.

[@LondonPower]

@@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!

[@varghesethomasm919]

May God grand your wish. God bless you

[@theunknowncommenter725]

My father who is an Orthodox priest visited the Holy Land in 1999, but missed out on visiting St. Catherine's. The monastery just wasn't a part of his tour, for some reason. I pray that one day that we will be able to take the whole family to the Holy Land, including St. Catherine's.

[@jjquinn2004]

I was blessed to stay in Cairo, Egypt for 6 months in 2006. On a weekend, we went to Dahab on the Red Sea and from there, we visited St. Catherine's monastery. We didn't walk to the top of the mountain, but rather walked about 45 minutes uphill, then walked down. What a magical experience - even to this day.

[@chetansolanki3645]

Watching this documentary is itself a mystical experience 🙏

[@nicolebakoussis6852]

Iam greek orthodox I love this

[@cultofmalgus1310]

20:53 a life lesson for all of us watching. "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called Sons of God" ~Mathew 5:9

[@randomname1251]

I visit St. Catherine’s Monastery tomorrow. I am very excited!

[@StamfordBridge]

I hope your visit fulfilled your hopes.

[@ΓιωργοςΣουφ]

listening a monk saying words of Aristotle as a theological example makes me very happy and proud for my heritage

[@ogimia]

Saint Sava ☦ stayed there in 13th century. Monastery has oldest saved Psaltir written in old Serbian Cyrillic on 200+ pages

[@niyatbeyene3926]

I want visit this beautiful place one day

[@ΜανοςΠετρακης-λ5λ]

🇬🇷 Ελλάς θρησκεία ορθοδοξία ☦

[@willtheperson7224]

AMHN

[@joequintana1222]

I enjoyed this video very much. Fascinating information the world should know.😇🙏

[@susansuewwilliams]

Thank you for this video of Saint Catherine's Monastery

[@thomasredman3777]

The monastery is wonder-filled...I visited there in 2002 while I was in school at St. George College, Jerusalem. I have never visited any place like before or since. If I was not entering the winter of my seasons I would asked to join them.

[@joannajones8533]

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

[@Cobruh_Commander]

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

[@TheRealRealOK]

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

[@gaileenkern3240]

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.

[@LondonPower]

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

[@lnm6053]

So sad that people cut the books in the library!

[@andycoe23]

Transcendental place! I'm not an Orthodox but I'd love to visit it someday!

[@jojappajojappa44]

Hallelujah 🙏from India

[@billfay9412]

God even though the path a walk isn’t always easy I am thankful that leads to your path of righteousness🙏🏻 Lod lead me where you will I will always follow you have mercy Lord and hear our prayers 💝 Australia Melbourne🇬🇷

[@messianic_scam]

lol this church has nothing to fo with you infiltrators

[@Ptolemy336VV]

First of all wonderful video! Secondly. For anyone who loves this Greek monastery and finds it special. If you may not know, also research about Athos the holy mountain. Which is the the most special place in all of Orthodoxy. It's so special, it's special among all these special places. It's the only monastic state in the world, and it's the only place that still maintains Byzantine time.

[@catherinecarter8987]

☦️🙏☦️

[@Oscuros]

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.

[@danavoivod3743]

Please pray for BIANCA MARIA health,NICOLETA SI DIANA! PLEASE PRAY FOR VICTORIA AND NIKOLAS!

[@nick1326]

Me tqfuuhh

[@mariacrivell79]

I have been there!! Amazing!!

[@nicolebakoussis6852]

So. Beautiful

[@rrocketman]

One day I will visit

[@brayanlee3112]

🕋🕋💩💩

[@user975bg]

Wonderful!

[@andys3035]

I have the icon at 11:00 in my house, it is my favorite one ☦️❤️

[@heatherstub]

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 KZbin, but alas, I don't have the means to patch-record it from my VCR to KZbin. 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.

[@andys3035]

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

[@heatherstub]

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

[@andys3035]

@@heatherstub God bless you ☦️

[@nicholassiozos5431]

May God bless all people.

[@enlightenmentandphilosophy]

What they feel is their very dna, when man lived for spirit and not material pleasures like today..

[@katiazayats977]

May peace of God will be with monastery , and Sinai and Egypt !!! ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@tonytheman66]

Beautiful video.

[@VanessaIrisDeGuzman]

Everything deserves to be preserved, it's so beautiful, everyone has their own lovely spiritual journey❤❤❤❤I'm so excited for the beautiful spiritual growth of humanity. Everything will lead us to appreciate what matters❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@antontamas2070]

Wonderful

[@israrahmad1648]

Very interesting and informative

[@MrNigara]

Please, let the monks in peace. Not cameras not tourists!!!! No filming... Let them in peace!

[@littlerateater]

Let them what in peace

[@MrNigara]

@@littlerateater to live peacefully!

[@SeraphimMJM]

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

[@kadoj]

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.

[@MrNigara]

@@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!!

[@demartin4274]

Praise To the Lord Halleluyah Amen. 🙏

[@VanessaIrisDeGuzman]

This is so amazing, I love it so much❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤Beautiful place❤❤❤❤I love this lifestyle❤❤❤❤❤

[@frombulgaria2118]

thank you !

[@nickinurse6433]

I hope every page of every book has been photographed & put on line by now

[@marylu8573]

Την πανεύφημον νύμφην Χριστού υμνήσωμεν, Αικατερίναν την θείαν και πολιούχον Σινά, την βοήθειαν ημών και αντίληψιν ότι εφίμωσε λαμπρώς, τους κομψούς των ασέβων, του Πνεύματος τη μαχαίρα, και νυν ως Μάρτυς στεφθείσα, αιτείται πάσι το μέγα έλεος. Let us praise the all-glorious nymph of Christ, Catherine, the divine and patroness of Sinai, our help and understanding that she brilliantly silenced the elegant ones of the ungodly, the sword of the Spirit, and now as a crowned Martyr, she asks for great mercy.

[@Ленад-е1ш]

Thanks you my dears

[@kendreamer6376]

Bless God

[@hermitruben4032]

From Misión Cruz Hermitage in Somerset, Texas. Blessings

[@rweerakkody4565]

Thank you

[@ralfi8882]

Thank you for thjs wonderful video. I think it's one of he best about the St Catherines Monastry. Years ago, we were in this area and a part of our group made a trip to the Mount Sinai. I coudn't join th group. But now I think I've seen more in the videos, than the groups with thousands of tourists. God bless the monasry and it's inhabitants. I love the new bibliothek and other points.

[@duskorakocevic348]

Slava Gospodu,da me je put naveo na Sv.Katerinu. Pojanje u manastiru i sluzba je i danas duboko u mome malom srcu. Bog Vas blagoslovijo,a molitvama Sv.Katarine da Vam zdravlja podari. Braci i sestrama mojim.

[@joannajones8533]

THANK YOU!!!

[@TRIA99]

❤Κοκκινο κε Χρϊςτος❤

[@Florida67]

Awesome!

[@ajkanne1]

It is beautiful but, the visitors should take there shoes of

[@bukkabalu1080]

Praise the lord god jesus the CHRIST

[@tutotuto8309]

Its truly a holy ground. But forgive where do they get their food to eat, water to drink and electricity to light up the entire monastery? It is truly living in a solitude and peaceful life. The Monastery should keep the visitors only in numbers to preserve the holiness of the place.

[@zoejay]

You grow your own food

[@koko2bware]

Pray for me Fathers I really need it.

[@Noone-rt6pw]

I do like how monks are not buried beneath the ground. Come the new creation, where we're resurrected, it just seems more convenient not to be 6' under.

[@Eliminator5555]

I'm surprised how many American visitors are shown in the video. I'd love to visit. But the Sinai peninsula seems too delicate, not to mention the pandemic either.

[@priscillaroger8593]

Wow

[@ΑθανάσιοςΚΥΡΙΑΚΟΠΟΥΛΟΣ-θ7γ]

In St. Catherine's monastery you can see the first depiction of Jesus Christ in the world, which was the model for all the others.

[@pop-n-rock]

mesmerizing

[@dannyhaddad8333]

Thanks for the video Please check on time 10:56 Christ Pantocrator I was looking for the original icon of Christ pantocrator located in St. Catherine's Monastery In Egypt's Sinai, in the last couple of days 😁

[@joannajones8533]

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

[@ChizqiyahAbiyah]

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.

[@lunemiel786]

This is the true picture of Christ. Of course not to the "T" but nonetheless, it is Him. It is the real Jesus. This is the truth. Let your spirit witness to you

[@Bobthebuilder.213]

Isnt this the same monastary that St. Paisios lived in for a while before he returned back to Mount Athos?

[@makariospaschalidi9560]

Yes!!!

[@ecoadventurespuertoescondido]

Could I study the books if I go?

[@eduardovalentin9416]

17:50 what is the wonderful instrument?

[@willtheperson7224]

Could be a Dulcimer

[@josephhaddakin7095]

2:03 what are those structures on the exterior wall?? Oriels, outhouses, guard post??

[@Noone-rt6pw]

All the books seems like should be photocopied and distributed to monasteries and churches around the world to protect them. Even be available for printing for the populous.

[@luminouspage4359]

AMEN

[@EwnetuZegeye-l2c]

Catherine of siena Italian religious leaders who mediated a peace between Florentines and pope Urban Vl in 1378 AD

[@katherinecross8059]

OOps mistranslation ... VENERATE the Holy Relics, not worship. Orthodox do not worship anything or anyone except God, the Father, Son and Holy Spirit; One God.

[@olgathehandmaid]

Whoever wrote this script isn't Orthodox, and likely doesn't even have basic catechism. The Orthodox do NOT worship relics!!

[@ChaudhryRajinderNijjharJatt]

Family of God

[@theunknowncommenter725]

Repent heretic.

[@nigelmathewabrhram4612]

I dream to holy places

[@tankster5826]

The monk should be using special gloves to open books of antiquity. Oil from hands damage them over time. I recently viewed a newly transcribed one and it had been read but never touched. Gloves were always used. The transcriber kept a separate sheet of paper under the hand so as to not touch the paper. Those books look very old. Perhaps someone will transcribe them.

[@susanpower9265]

how i wish i was in sinai with you and peaceful quiet to study /here in london on wed 19 january mid winter when you cant go out to escape noise all morning since shortly after 8 am someone used loud washing machine/every other day as house is full of tenants/ then drilling continues day after day/ neighbours garden machines as well as brand new building of flats being erected very nearby all winter/ laws should be passed prohibiting building during winter when people are trapped inside due to cold

[@User-s7j5u]

Besides the Marian doctrine and Muhammad sympathy, this video was great!

[@NotevenTony]

The Marian doctrines of the Orthodox Church are ancient and date to the first century. Even Martin Luther accepted the Ever-Virginity of Our Lady 🙃.

[@expeditojavierto8892]

I am very interested to get there

[@chautrinh8439]

có phụ đề ko ạ

[@Noone-rt6pw]

With so much barren rock, what do the brothers eat and where do they get it? Just curious. I'm not familiar with such regions.

[@fikrtealemu9563]

🙏🙏🙏

[@theburningcoal2752]

It is very good. I am really moved with this Christic life style.. I would like to know the rules which abides the monks together. Their daily life.. Their admission... The allocation of offices and different responsibilities and its circulation... The constitution of this monastery to know it little more deeper Hope some one can help me in this...

[@FindMyWayBackIntoLove]

Hi, if you're interested to learn more about Orthodoxy, and how monks live you can look up an Orthodox church that's in your area and contact the priest serving there and he could answer any questions you may have. Also, you could ask the priest where the nearest monastery near you is and ask if it would be possible for you to stay at one. Hope this helps!

[@francesperinifun932]

Lord,Jesus Christ, Son of God, have Mercy on me a simmer Amen

[@thomaspark3475]

Gas fire oven I can tell with valve. Is it rake shaped gas burner?

[@reigenlucilfer6154]

what language do the priests speak in mt sinai?

[@degamas1]

Hellenic (Greek) the original language of the New Testament.

[@efs83dws]

If Mary remained a virgin, how did Jesus have brothers and sisters and asserted in Matthew 12:46 and 13:53 to 58? Jesus never denied that these were his siblings.

[@NotevenTony]

The word “sibling” here connotes either a cousin or a step sibling, as the Greek will bear both meanings. The idea that Mary was not Ever-Virgin was essentially unheard of until the modern period; even Martin Luther accepted it. Hope that helps 🙃

[@tatianadamian4778]

Adormiții:Dumitru și Aurica; Vii:Tatiana.

[@ddpmk355]

Foarte emoționant comentariul dumneavoastră. Din păcate, nu cred că voi merge curând la Sinai, dar sper că voi merge la Muntele Athos în primăvara viitoare. Promit că voi scrie aceste nume pentru ca Părinții să le pomenească în slujbă. Salutări din Grecia. 🙂

[@tatianadamian4778]

@@ddpmk355 Va mulțumesc din suflet. Dumnezeu sa fie cu d vs.

[@thezmanchar]

Why are all these people walking with shoes inside one of the holiest sites in the Orthodoxy.

[@ddpmk355]

Because taking off your shoes inside a sacred place is not a thing in the Orthodox tradition.

[@messianic_scam]

@@ddpmk355 this isn't your church you infiltrators

[@ddpmk355]

@@messianic_scam Why infiltrators? When did that happen?

[@messianic_scam]

@@ddpmk355 oh you didn't join the british protection in egypt when you lost in your country?! all these places were under British occupation so tell me if you owned this place how come you never owned the keys for St catrina monastry it's owned by beduion family who inherited the keys generation after generation!?

[@ddpmk355]

@@messianic_scam The Bedouins living around the Monastery are islamized descendants of Greek settlers. Despite being Muslim, the Bedouins help the Monastery and even ask for their advices. This has always been the situation. And those theories about “infiltration” are nonsense.

[@duantorruellas716]

God gives you the first and last gift carved and engraved with the lightning from his own fingertips with the 10 commandments that are for all time. And what do you do ? You smash them to bits ? To quote Seinfeld, " who are these people ? ". 🤣

[@rosesffd345]

We don't worship relics we venerate it🤦🏻‍♂️

[@Mesut-kaya]

10:50 very old and True Christ Icon AD 300 or ?? 4. Century

[@bylater4438]

Lebloom

[@jamillarose5294]

What language are they speaking?

[@jamillarose5294]

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

[@marios911r5]

@@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

[@TRIA99]

Μΰϋνταϊνςινεννα

[@celsopdacunha000]

And about all that gold for those who claim they live in poverty????

[@TrollDemN00bs]

6:05 I do not think the Orthodox monks consider themselves protected by Muhammed the dog. But okay....

[@nayabnasir5367]

More obligated

[@eliezerblumenfeld6706]

this place is not where god gave his children the law the place is in Saudi Arabia in Medina they are lie too you

[@TeutonicEmperor1198]

Don't you accept the story of Moeses?

[@ROGERWDARCY]

My POSITION IS THE BIGOT!

[@sonyaneve7419]

It is a COPTIC orthodox monastery, and NOT GREEK Orthodox!!!!!!!

[@ddpmk355]

It is not Coptic it is Orthodox (Greek Orthodox) and the monks are ethnically Greek.

[@messianic_scam]

@@ddpmk355 no you infiltrators this isn't Greek church Greek never existed in sinai no on trace for you this is arab christian ghassanid monastry from the early 6th century and who own they keys for St Catrina monastery is bedouin family from sinai they inherited the keys for centuries until you came in ww1 to fight othomons and put your hand on this church forgers of history these messianic call themselves Greek they don't really care much about the monastery they wanted library this is the main reason to have a grip on these rare scriptures which they already did and still and sell infiltrators and thieves look how he's chewing gum a real priest will never chew gum in front of holy scripts you fake

[@ddpmk355]

@@messianic_scam The monastery was built by Justinian I, eastern Roman emperor and the monks have always been eastern Roman aka Rum (medieval Greek)

[@messianic_scam]

@@ddpmk355 false history " easten Roman emperor! you mean byzantines ?!no Byzantines never built one chapel in levant it's all have arabic names every church in levanr from Syria to Sinai which was under ghassanid kingdom was built by the Arab christians and asyrians ican give you a list they had their names written in mosaic in syriac and Latin because this was their official language when they lost their arabic language they stopped using Arabic in writing and adopted syriac and latin all churches with arabic names you should own the keys in some point if it was yours no?! you never owned it

[@messianic_scam]

@@ddpmk355 chewing gum while reading the bible ! who does that! these people are obviously actors they're in that monastery for something else to be close to these thousands rare scriptures maybe smuggle who would knows if they smuggle when they already have a grip over this place

[@andrewochoa6241]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😭😭😭😭😭😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣

[@saidrogerrm8896]

GOD IS CREATER NOT CREATION SO MARIA IS NOT MOTHER OF GOD COUSE GOD IS UNMATERIAL BEING

[@NotevenTony]

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 :)

[@walterwhite3875]

Elijah is a Black man, these people there are not Israelites they are Greeks, those are fake pictures. everything they are saying is false. there was no white Moses, Moses is a black man.

[@heinmolenaar6750]

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