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Saint Catherine’s Monastery

Saint Catherine's Monastery, officially the Sacred Autonomous Royal Monastery of Saint Catherine of the Holy and God-Trodden Mount Sinai, is a Christian monastery located in the of .
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  • Type: Monastery
  • Description: Greek Orthodox monastery (the oldest) at the foot of Mount Sinai, Egypt
  • Also known as: “Convent of Mount Sinai”, “Convent of Saint Catharine”, “Convent of the Transfiguration”, “Couvent Sainte-Catherine”, “Saint Catherine”, “Saint Catherine Monastery”, “Saint Catherine’s Monastery of Mount Sinai”, “Saint Katherine Monastery”, “Shangri-La of Sinai”, “St Catherine’s Monastery”, “St. Catherine’s Monastery”, and “The Monastery of Saint Catherine”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Mount Sinai.

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is in the middle of the Peninsula, and rises 2,285 metres above sea level. The mountain is a sacred site for Jews, Christians and Muslims.

Saint Catherine’s Monastery

Latitude
28.55594° or 28° 33′ 21″ north
Longitude
33.97595° or 33° 58′ 33″ east
Elevation
1,588 metres (5,210 feet)
Open location code
7GWMHX4G+99
Open­Street­Map ID
way 115392340
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­monastery
Geo­Names ID
350564
Wiki­data ID
Q185362
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Saint Catherine’s Monastery” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “دير القديسة كاترين”
  • Arabic: “دير سانت كاترين”
  • Arabic: “دير سنت كاترين”
  • Arabic: “سانت كاترين”
  • Armenian: “Սուրբ Եկատերինայի վանք”
  • Armenian: “Սուրբ Կատարինէի Վանք”
  • Arpitan: “Égllése ortodoxe du Sinayi”
  • Asturian: “Monesteriu de Santa Catalina del Monte Sinaí”
  • Asturian: “Monesteriu de Santo Catalina del Monte Sinaí”
  • Azerbaijani: “Müqəddəs Yekaterina monastırı”
  • Basque: “Santa Katalina monasterioa”
  • Basque: “Santa Katalinaren monasterioa”
  • Belarusian: “Манастыр Святой Кацярыны”
  • Belarusian: “манастыр Сьвятой Кацярыны”
  • Belarusian: “Сінайскі манастыр”
  • Breton: “Manati Santez Katelin Sinai”
  • Bulgarian: “Синайски манастир”
  • Catalan: “Monestir de Santa Caterina del Mont Sinaí”
  • Catalan: “Monestir de Santa Caterina del Sinaí”
  • Catalan: “Monestir de Santa Caterina”
  • Catalan: “Santa Caterina del Sinaí”
  • Chinese: “圣凯瑟琳修道院”
  • Chinese: “聖凱瑟琳修道院”
  • Chinese: “聖嘉芙蓮修道院”
  • Croatian: “Samostan svete Katarine na Sinaju”
  • Croatian: “Samostan Svete Katarine na Sinaju”
  • Croatian: “Samostan Svete Katarine”
  • Czech: “Klášter sv. Kateřiny”
  • Czech: “Klášter svaté Kateřiny”
  • Danish: “Katarina-klostret”
  • Danish: “Katarinaklostret”
  • Danish: “Katharina-klostret”
  • Danish: “Katharinaklostret”
  • Danish: “Sankt Katharina-klostret”
  • Danish: “Sankt Katharinas Kloster”
  • Danish: “Sinai-klostret”
  • Danish: “Sinaiklostret”
  • Dutch: “Katharinaklooster”
  • Dutch: “Katherinaklooster”
  • Dutch: “Sinai-klooster”
  • Dutch: “Sinaï-klooster”
  • Dutch: “Sint Katharina klooster”
  • Dutch: “Sint Katharinaklooster”
  • Dutch: “Sint-Catharinaklooster”
  • Dutch: “St. Catharinaklooster”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “دير سانت كاترين”
  • Esperanto: “Monaĥejo Sankta Katarina”
  • Finnish: “Pyhän Katariinan luostari”
  • Finnish: “Siinain luostari”
  • French: “Monastere Sainte-Catherine du Sinai”
  • French: “monastère Sainte-Catherine du Sinaï”
  • French: “Monastère Sainte-Catherine du Sinaï”
  • Galician: “Mosteiro de Santa Catarina do Monte Sinaí”
  • Georgian: “სინაის წმინდა ეკატერინეს მონასტერი”
  • Georgian: “სინის წმინდა ეკატერინეს მონასტერი”
  • Georgian: “წმ. ეკატერინეს მონასტერი”
  • German: “Katharinenkloster”
  • German: “Sinaikloster”
  • Greek: “Ιερά Μονή Αγίας Αικατερίνης Όρους Σινά”
  • Greek: “Ιερά Μονή Θεοβαδίστου Όρους Σινά”
  • Greek: “Ιερά Μονή του Σινά”
  • Greek: “Μονή Αγίας Αικατερνίνης Σινά”
  • Greek: “Μονή Σινά”
  • Greek: “Μονή της Αγίας Αικατερίνης”
  • Greek: “Μονή του Σινά”
  • Hausa: “Saint Catherine’s Monastery”
  • Hebrew: “מנזר סנטה קתרינה”
  • Hebrew: “סנטה קתרינה”
  • Hindi: “संत केथरीन मोनेस्ट्री, माउंट सिनई”
  • Hungarian: “Szent Katalin-kolostor”
  • Igbo: “Ebe Obibi Ndị Mọnk nke St. Catherine”
  • Indonesian: “Biara Santa Katarina”
  • Italian: “Monastero di Santa Caterina nel Monte Sinai”
  • Italian: “Monastero di Santa Caterina”
  • Italian: “Santa Caterina del Sinai”
  • Japanese: “カタリナ修道院”
  • Japanese: “ハギア・エカテリニ修道院”
  • Japanese: “聖エカテリニ修道院”
  • Japanese: “聖カタリナ修道院”
  • Japanese: “聖カテリナ修道院”
  • Korean: “성 카타리나 수도원”
  • Korean: “성 카테리나 수도원”
  • Latin: “Monasterium Sanctae Catharinae”
  • Latvian: “Svētās Katrīnas klosteris”
  • Lithuanian: “Šv. Kotrynos vienuolynas”
  • Macedonian: “Синајски манастир”
  • Maithili: “सेन्ट क्याथरिन गुम्बा”
  • Malay: “Biara St. Catherine, Gunung Sinai”
  • Malayalam: “വിശുദ്ധ കാതറിൻ സന്യാസി മഠം”
  • Maltese: “Monasteru ta‘ Santa Katarina”
  • Maltese: “Monasteru ta’ Santa Katarina”
  • Mingrelian: “სინაიშ წიმინდე ეკატერინეშ მონასტერი”
  • Nepali: “सेन्ट क्याथरिन गुम्बा”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Katarina-klosteret”
  • Norwegian: “Katarina-klosteret”
  • Norwegian: “Katarinaklosteret”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Monastèri de Santa Catarina, mont Sinai”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Monastèri de Santa Catarina, mont Sinaí”
  • Persian: “دیر کاترین مقدس”
  • Persian: “صومعه سنت کاترین”
  • Persian: “صومعهٔ سنت کاترین”
  • Polish: “Klasztor św. Katarzyny”
  • Polish: “Klasztor Świętej Katarzyny”
  • Portuguese: “Convento de santa catarina”
  • Portuguese: “Monastério de Santa Catarina”
  • Portuguese: “Mosteiro da Transfiguração”
  • Portuguese: “Mosteiro de Santa Catarina”
  • Portuguese: “Mosteiro Ortodoxo de Santa Catarina”
  • Romanian: “Mănăstirea Sf. Ecaterina”
  • Romanian: “Mănăstirea Sfânta Ecaterina din Muntele Sinai”
  • Russian: “Монастырь великомученицы Екатерины”
  • Russian: “Монастырь Святой Екатерины на Синае”
  • Russian: “Монастырь Святой Екатерины”
  • Russian: “Монастырь Святой Катерины”
  • Russian: “Синайский монастырь”
  • Serbian: “Manastir Svete Katarine”
  • Serbian: “Манастир Свете Катарине на Синају”
  • Serbian: “Манастир Свете Катарине”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Manastir Svete Katarine na Sinaju”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Manastir Svete Katarine”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Samostan Svete Katarine na Sinaju”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Samostan Svete Katarine”
  • Slovak: “Kláštor svätej Kataríny”
  • Slovenian: “samostan sv. Katarine na Sinaju”
  • Slovenian: “Samostan sv. Katarine, Sinaj”
  • Slovenian: “sinajski samostan”
  • Spanish: “Fortaleza de Santa Catalina”
  • Spanish: “Iglesia Ortodoxa Monte Sinai”
  • Spanish: “Iglesia Ortodoxa Monte Sinaí”
  • Spanish: “Monasteria de Santa Catalina, Monte Sinaí”
  • Spanish: “Monasterio de Santa Catalina del Monte Sinai”
  • Spanish: “Monasterio de Santa Catalina del Monte Sinaí”
  • Spanish: “Monasterio de Santa Catalina”
  • Swedish: “Katarinaklostret”
  • Swedish: “Katharinaklostret”
  • Swedish: “Saint Catherine kloster”
  • Swedish: “Sankt Katarina-klostret”
  • Tatar: “Изге Катерина кәшишханәсе”
  • Thai: “อารามนักบุญแคเธอริน”
  • Turkish: “Aziz Katherina Manastırı”
  • Turkish: “Azize Katerina Manastırı”
  • Turkish: “Katherina Manastırı”
  • Ukrainian: “Монастир святої Катерини”
  • Ukrainian: “Синайський монастир”
  • Ukrainian: “Сінайський монастир”
  • Urdu: “خانقاہ مقدسہ کیتھرین”
  • Vietnamese: “Tu viện Saint Catherine”
  • Vietnamese: “Tu viện Thánh Catarina”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Monasteryo ni Santa Catalina”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Saint Catherine’s Monastery”
  • Welsh: “Mynachlog Sant Catrin”
  • Welsh: “Mynachlog Santes Cathrin”
  • Welsh: “Mynachlog Santes Catrin”
  • Western Armenian: “Սուրբ Կատարինէի Վանք”
  • Western Frisian: “Sint-Katarinakleaster”
  • Western Panjabi: “خانقاہ مقدسہ کیتھرین”
  • Wu Chinese: “圣凯瑟琳修道院”
  • Yue Chinese: “聖嘉芙蓮修道院”

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