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    Saint Catherine's Monastery (Arabic: دير القدّيسة كاترين Dayr al-Qiddīsa Katrīn; Greek: Μονὴ τῆς Ἁγίας Αἰκατερίνης), officially the Sacred Autonomous...
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    Fortifications of Heraklion Chanioporta and Pantokratoras Gate Bembo fountain Saint Catherine Church Depiction of the Siege of Candia St. Matthew of the Sinaites...
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    Christ Pantocrator (Sinai) (category Saint Catherine's Monastery)
    Christ Pantocrator of Saint Catherine's Monastery is one of the oldest Byzantine religious icons, dating from the 6th century AD. The earliest known surviving...
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    situated at the foot of Mount Sinai. The city is the site of Saint Catherine's Monastery. The city is 1,586 metres (5,203 ft) above sea level and is 120...
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    in the Aegean Sea. Saint Catherine's Monastery in the Sinai Peninsula is famous for having a working charnel house. Saint Catherine's was founded by Justinian...
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    Catherine' St. Catherine's Day St. Catherine's taffy Order of St. Catherine with Mount Sinai Also referred to as Saint Catherine of Alexandria, Saint...
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    the roots of the bush had come out of the ground. The Monks at Saint Catherine's Monastery, following church tradition, believe that this bush is, in fact...
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    Eastern church, 726 to 787 and 814 to 842. It was preserved in Saint Catherine's Monastery, in the remote desert of the Sinai. The gessoed panel, finely...
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    Prince Mihail Cantacuzino in 1695 and named after the great Saint Catherine's Monastery on Mount Sinai in Egypt. As of 2005, it is inhabited by 13 Christian...
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  • Rochester a 1315 leper hospital in Rochester, Kent Saint Catherine's Monastery, a monastery in Saint Catherine, Egypt St Catharine's Convent, Augsburg, Germany...
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