Moses Mountain - St. Katherine Monastery St. Katherine Monastery

The Monastery of St. Katherine is the oldest continuously inhabited monastery in the World and its library has the largest religious collection after the Vatican. It was built by the emperor Justinian in the 6th century AD, although there was already a church at the site of the Burning Bush erected by the Empress Helena in 330 AD. The area is sacred to all three monotheistic religions, Judaism, Christianity and Islam. The burning bush (Rubus sanctus),the bush to the right, is a bush belonging to the rose family.

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The Monastery of St. Katherine is the oldest continuously inhabited monastery in the World and its library has the largest religious collection after the Vatican. It was built by the emperor Justinian in the 6th century AD, although there was already a church at the site of the Burning Bush erected by the Empress Helena in 330 AD. The area is sacred to all three monotheistic religions, Judaism, Christianity and Islam. The burning bush (Rubus sanctus),the bush to the right, is a bush belonging to the rose family.