Ladan Cher visits St. Catherine’s Monastery at Mt. Sinai and talks about the monks’ manuscript preservation efforts: Just as they have done for 17 centuries, the Greek Orthodox monks of St.

ST. CATHERINE’S, Egypt (AP) — Egypt reopened on Saturday an ancient library which holds thousands of centuries-old religious and historical manuscripts at the famed St. Catherine Monastery, a UNESCO ...

When conducting historical research in the field of Japanese history, it is common practice to use ancient documents which remain throughout the country. Conversely, the medieval Islamic world has not ...

When informed of the St. Catherine’s link between the psalter and the monastery’s present librarian, the 71-year-old Herren willingly agreed to give it to Justin, and he and his wife Barbara, a Baylor ...

An extraordinary general assembly is set for tomorrow morning. Abbot Damianos resigned recently following internal tensions and a clash with Patriarch Theophilos III. In the past few months, the ...

Security stops Sinai assault on St. Catherine and its biblical library, but symbolism matters more. Two weeks after killing 47 Egyptians in twin church bombings on Palm Sunday, the Islamic State ...

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