The Byzantine Emperor Justinian the Great erected this Monastery in the 6th century
as a fortress and shrine on the traditional site of the Burning Bush of Moses.
The Monastery church has undergone little basic change since that time.
Its great western portal is still closed by the original wood door,
fourteen hundred years old, which functions perfectly on its first pins and hinges.

St. Catherine's monastery, Mount Sinai.  9/20/2000

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