Saint Catherine's Monastery in Sinai, Egypt
was built in the year 550 by the Byzantian Empror Justinian to protect the ancient well of Moses and The Burning Bush.
For the past 17 centuries, the Monastery's monks have taken great care of its ancient manuscripts, art and icons. The Library of St. Catherine's is famous because it has one third of the world's ancient manuscripts that were written more than 1000 years ago. It's museum is equally famous, because only 2000 icons in the world have survived from the Byzantine times; half of them are at St. Catherine's Museum.
We were very privileged to interview two monks from the monastery: Father Justin talked to us about how he digitizes the library's ancient manuscripts and why Sinai is a place of Peace. Father Gregory talked to us about the monastery's ancient art, icons and mosaic art. Father Gregory shared with us his views on how art can save the world and his vision to establish a School for Mosaic Art in Sinai.
Father Justin answered our questions, which are frequently asked by most visitors: how do we know that this is the ancient well of Moses? how do we know that this is The Burning Bush?
We hope you enjoy our show from Saint Catherine's Monastery as much as we enjoyed making it! The interview will be broadcast on Wed, August 10, 2011.
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