St 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: Locality
  • Description: Greek Orthodox monastery (the oldest) at the foot of Mount Sinai, Egypt
  • Also known as: “Convento de santa catarina”, “Fortaleza de Santa Catalina”, “Iglesia Ortodoxa Monte Sinai”, “Iglesia Ortodoxa Monte Sinaí”, “Katarina-klostret”, “Katharina-klostret”, “Katharinaklostret”, “Katherina Manastırı”, “Katherinaklooster”, “Klášter sv. Kateřiny”, “Klasztor św. Katarzyny”, “Manastir Svete Katarine na Sinaju”, “Monastere Sainte-Catherine du Sinai”, “Monastèri de Santa Catarina, mont Sinaí”, “Monasteria de Santa Catalina, Monte Sinaí”, “Monasterio de Santa Catalina del Monte Sinai”, “Monastério de Santa Catarina”, “Monastero di Santa Caterina nel Monte Sinai”, “Monastery of the Burning Bush”, “Monastery of the Transfiguration”, “Monestir de Santa Caterina”, “Monestir de Santa Caterina del Mont Sinaí”, “Mosteiro da Transfiguração”, “Mosteiro Ortodoxo de Santa Catarina”, “Mynachlog Sant Catrin”, “Mynachlog Santes Cathrin”, “Saint Catherine kloster”, “Saint Catherine Monastery”, “Saint Catherine’s Monastery”, “Samostan Svete Katarine”, “Sankt Katarina-klostret”, “Sankt Katharina-klostret”, “Santa Caterina del Sinai”, “Santa Caterina del Sinaí”, “Siinain luostari”, “Sinai-klooster”, “Sinaï-klooster”, “Sinai-klostret”, “Sinaikloster”, “Sinaiklostret”, “sinajski samostan”, “Sint Katharina klooster”, “Sint Katharinaklooster”, “Sint-Catharinaklooster”, “St. Catharinaklooster”, “St. Catherine’s Monastery”, “Ιερά Μονή Θεοβαδίστου Όρους Σινά”, “Ιερά Μονή του Σινά”, “Μονή Αγίας Αικατερνίνης Σινά”, “Μονή Σινά”, “Μονή της Αγίας Αικατερίνης”, “Μονή του Σινά”, “Монастырь великомученицы Екатерины”, “Монастырь Святой Екатерины на Синае”, “Монастырь Святой Катерины”, “Синайский монастырь”, “Синайський монастир”, “Сінайскі манастыр”, “Сінайський монастир”, “წმ. ეკატერინეს მონასტერი”, “סנטה קתרינה”, “دير سنت كاترين”, “سانت كاترين”, “صومعهٔ سنت کاترین”, “カタリナ修道院”, “ハギア・エカテリニ修道院”, “聖エカテリニ修道院”, and “聖カテリナ修道院”
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Places of Interest

Highlights: 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.

St Catherine’s Monastery

Latitude
28.55569° or 28° 33′ 21″ north
Longitude
33.97657° or 33° 58′ 36″ east
Open location code
7GWMHX4G+7J
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2701123706
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­monastery
Open­Street­Map feature
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Wiki­data ID
Q185362
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“St Catherine’s Monastery” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “دير القديسة كاترين”
  • Arabic: “دير 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”
  • Breton: “Manati Santez Katelin Sinai”
  • Bulgarian: “Синайски манастир”
  • Catalan: “Monestir de Santa Caterina del Sinaí”
  • Chinese: “圣凯瑟琳修道院”
  • Chinese: “聖凱瑟琳修道院”
  • Church Slavic: “Манастꙑрь свѧтꙑѩ Єкатеринꙑ”
  • Croatian: “Samostan svete Katarine na Sinaju”
  • Croatian: “Samostan Svete Katarine na Sinaju”
  • Czech: “Klášter svaté Kateřiny”
  • Danish: “Sankt Katharinas Kloster”
  • Dutch: “Katharinaklooster”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “دير سانت كاترين”
  • Esperanto: “Monaĥejo Sankta Katarina”
  • Finnish: “Pyhän Katariinan luostari”
  • 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”
  • German: “Katharinenkloster”
  • Greek: “Ιερά Μονή Αγίας Αικατερίνης Όρους Σινά”
  • Hausa: “Saint Catherine’s Monastery”
  • Hebrew: “מנזר 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”
  • Japanese: “聖カタリナ修道院”
  • 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: “Katarinaklosteret”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Monastèri de Santa Catarina, mont Sinai”
  • Persian: “دیر کاترین مقدس”
  • Persian: “صومعه سنت کاترین”
  • Polish: “Klasztor Świętej Katarzyny”
  • Portuguese: “Mosteiro de Santa Catarina”
  • Romanian: “Mănăstirea Sf. Ecaterina”
  • Romanian: “Mănăstirea Sfânta Ecaterina din Muntele Sinai”
  • Russian: “Монастырь Святой Екатерины”
  • Serbian: “Manastir Svete Katarine”
  • Serbian: “Манастир Свете Катарине на Синају”
  • Serbian: “Манастир Свете Катарине”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Manastir svete Katarine”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Manastir Svete Katarine”
  • Slovak: “Kláštor svätej Kataríny”
  • Slovenian: “samostan sv. Katarine na Sinaju”
  • Slovenian: “Samostan sv. Katarine, Sinaj”
  • Spanish: “Monasterio de Santa Catalina del Monte Sinaí”
  • Spanish: “Monasterio de Santa Catalina”
  • Swedish: “Katarinaklostret”
  • Tatar: “Изге Катерина кәшишханәсе”
  • Telugu: “సెయింట్ కేథరీన్ మొనాస్టరీ”
  • Thai: “อารามนักบุญแคเธอริน”
  • Turkish: “Aziz Katherina Manastırı”
  • Turkish: “Azize Katerina Manastırı”
  • Ukrainian: “Монастир святої Катерини”
  • Urdu: “خانقاہ مقدسہ کیتھرین”
  • Uzbek: “Avliyo Yekaterina monastiri”
  • Vietnamese: “Tu viện Saint Catherine”
  • Vietnamese: “Tu viện Thánh Catarina”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Monasteryo ni Santa Catalina”
  • 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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