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St. Catherine's Monastery, Saint Catherine's Monastery on the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt. December 2001.

Byzantine Icons – Theotokos (Mother of God)

The Monastery was initially dedicated by its founder emperor Justinian to the Mother of God, the “Bush that burned but remained unconsumed”, a biblical allusion to the Virgin

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Saint Catherine Byzantine Icons – Theotokos (Mother of God)

Who was Saint Catherine? Saint Catherine, the namesake of the monastery, is …

Saint Catherine Byzantine Icons – Theotokos (Mother of God)

The Mother of God’s Miracle of the Oil that Spontaneously Overflowed at the Prayers of Abba George Arselaites Recounting of a miracle of overflowing olive oil …

Saint Catherine Byzantine Icons – Theotokos (Mother of God)

Miracle of the Mother of God the Guarantor or Oikonomissa The miracle of the Virgin Mary at the …

Byzantine Icons – Prophet Moses Ecclesiastical Metalwork, Miniature, Printed Icons

Icons, Depictions of Divine Beauty The history and use of icons at the …

Byzantine Icons – Prophet Moses Ecclesiastical Metalwork, Miniature, Printed Icons

Icons, Tributes of Faith and Reverence Generous donors from around the world dedicated icons …

Ecclesiastical Metalwork, Miniature, Printed Icons Byzantine Icons – Theotokos (Mother of God)

Icons of the Virgin of the Burning Bush in Sinai The Mother of God has been omnipresent in …

Byzantine Icons – Prophet Moses Ecclesiastical Metalwork, Miniature, Printed Icons

Printed Icons Printed paper icons, i.e, religious etchings given by …

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Byzantine Icons – Theotokos (Mother of God)

The Mother of God of the Bush among four monastic saints of … This is a unique work of art with respect to the history …

Byzantine Icons – Theotokos (Mother of God)

The Mother of God of the Bush among John the Baptist and … The icon belongs to the co-called “Crusader” group of icons, and its …

Byzantine Icons – Theotokos (Mother of God)

The Mother of God Hodegetria The Mother of God in her iconographic depiction of Hodegetria holds Christ …

Byzantine Icons – Theotokos (Mother of God)

The Mother of God of Blachernae among Moses and Jerusalem Patriarch Euthymius … The Mother of God in her iconographic depiction of Blachernitissa (of Blachernae) …

Byzantine Icons – Theotokos (Mother of God)

Saint Catherine, the Virgin of the Bush, and Moses The three emblematic figures of Sinai iconography are artfully arranged in this …

Byzantine Icons – Theotokos (Mother of God)

Archangel Michael, Mother of God, Christ, and Archangel Gabriel Icons associated with worship, such as the icons of the Great Deesis …

Byzantine Icons – Theotokos (Mother of God)

Saint John the Baptist This icon must have been part of a Deesis, together with two …

Byzantine Icons – Theotokos (Mother of God)

Annunciation The central door of the Holy Bema, called the Beautiful Gate in …

Byzantine Icons – Theotokos (Mother of God)

The Mother of God, the Bush and prophet Isaiah Prophet Isaiah on the left reverences the Mother of God depicted in …

Byzantine Icons – Theotokos (Mother of God)

Crucifixion Double-sided icons are usually intended to be used in religious processions (litanies). …

Byzantine Icons – Theotokos (Mother of God)

Resurrection This icon belongs to the so-called “Crusader” icons that combine both Byzantine …

St. Catherine's Monastery

At God-trodden Mount Sinai

The Greek Orthodox monastery where God appeared to Moses in the Burning Bush. The oldest continuously inhabited Christian monastery with a history that can be traced back over seventeen centuries.

Saint Catherine, South Sinai Governorate

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