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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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    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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    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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    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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  • St. Catherine's Valley, a valley in South Gloucestershire, England St Catherines, Argyll, a village in Argyll and Bute, Scotland St Catherine's Island...
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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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    hand raised in blessing or, in the early encaustic panel at Saint Catherine's Monastery, the conventional rhetorical gesture that represents teaching...
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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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