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The Monastery of Saint Catherine at Sinai, Egypt is the oldest active Eastern Orthodox monastery in the world, renowned for its extraordinary holdings of Byzantine art.

The location of the monastery is significant for Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. The Monastery of Saint Catherine was founded between 548–565 CE, in the later years of the Byzantine emperor Justinian’s reign, part of a massive building program that he had initiated across the empire.

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