Egypt
- Travel: St Catherine's Monastery, Sinai
Billings Gazette (Elizabeth McNamer) St. Catherine's Monastery is an Orthodox monastery on the Sinai peninsula at the foot of Mount Sinai in Egypt. It is one of the oldest Christian monasteries in the world. The Book of Exodus tells the story of the...
- Travel: The Sinai Stones
Al Ahram Weekly (Amira El-Naqeeb) I've met many mountains and many deserts, yet the South Sinai Mountains -- especially at Saint Catherine -- have a unique power of channelling spirituality. The hike was a tailor-made trek to explore the area of Wadi...
- Yale Professor Illuminates The Importance Of Icons
Art Daily This is basically an advert for a forthcoming lecture by Dr. Robert S. Nelson entitled The Light of Icons at St. Catherine’s Monastery, Mt. Sinai, Egypt, to be held at the Cleveland Museum of Art. As lectures are so specific to a single place...
- Ancient Sinai Art Draws The Faithful To The Getty
http://tinyurl.com/y4fnst (latimes.com)For some people, the exhibition of St Catherine's Monastery icons at the Getty is far more than an exhibition of art: "More than 60 religious groups, including some from Fresno, Texas and Minnesota, are scheduled...
- Exhibition: Coptic Icons From Sinai
http://travelvideo.tv/news/more.php?id=9885_0_1_0_M A reminder that Coptic exhibits from Sinai's St Catherine's Monastery are currently touring the U.S.: "Saint Catherine Coptic artifacts to be displayed in USPrime Minister Ahmed Nazif approved...
Egypt
Exhibition: More re Sinai at the Getty
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/10/20/news/raacat.php
"Mount Sinai in Egypt is perhaps best known as the site where Moses encountered the burning bush and received the Ten Commandments.
But also in this desolate desert landscape, Justinian, the Byzantine emperor in Constantinople, in the middle of the sixth century ordered the construction of a monastery, St. Catherine's, that has become the oldest continuously operating Christian monastic community. Over the 1,400 years of its existence, St. Catherine's has accumulated one of the finest and most extensive collections of religious icons in the world.
Now, many sacred treasures from the Greek Orthodox monastery are to be shown for the first time abroad. The exhibition Holy Image, Hallowed Ground: Icons from Sinai will be on view at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles from Nov. 14 to March 4."
But also in this desolate desert landscape, Justinian, the Byzantine emperor in Constantinople, in the middle of the sixth century ordered the construction of a monastery, St. Catherine's, that has become the oldest continuously operating Christian monastic community. Over the 1,400 years of its existence, St. Catherine's has accumulated one of the finest and most extensive collections of religious icons in the world.
Now, many sacred treasures from the Greek Orthodox monastery are to be shown for the first time abroad. The exhibition Holy Image, Hallowed Ground: Icons from Sinai will be on view at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles from Nov. 14 to March 4."
- Travel: St Catherine's Monastery, Sinai
Billings Gazette (Elizabeth McNamer) St. Catherine's Monastery is an Orthodox monastery on the Sinai peninsula at the foot of Mount Sinai in Egypt. It is one of the oldest Christian monasteries in the world. The Book of Exodus tells the story of the...
- Travel: The Sinai Stones
Al Ahram Weekly (Amira El-Naqeeb) I've met many mountains and many deserts, yet the South Sinai Mountains -- especially at Saint Catherine -- have a unique power of channelling spirituality. The hike was a tailor-made trek to explore the area of Wadi...
- Yale Professor Illuminates The Importance Of Icons
Art Daily This is basically an advert for a forthcoming lecture by Dr. Robert S. Nelson entitled The Light of Icons at St. Catherine’s Monastery, Mt. Sinai, Egypt, to be held at the Cleveland Museum of Art. As lectures are so specific to a single place...
- Ancient Sinai Art Draws The Faithful To The Getty
http://tinyurl.com/y4fnst (latimes.com)For some people, the exhibition of St Catherine's Monastery icons at the Getty is far more than an exhibition of art: "More than 60 religious groups, including some from Fresno, Texas and Minnesota, are scheduled...
- Exhibition: Coptic Icons From Sinai
http://travelvideo.tv/news/more.php?id=9885_0_1_0_M A reminder that Coptic exhibits from Sinai's St Catherine's Monastery are currently touring the U.S.: "Saint Catherine Coptic artifacts to be displayed in USPrime Minister Ahmed Nazif approved...