"Your nativity, O Theotokos, announced joy to all the world!"
Heavenly and earthly paradise share a single reality in this 16th century icon from St. Catherine’s. Euphoria at the birth of the Theotokos reaches from the spiritual realm into the earthly, for the ladder envisioned by Jacob now reaches from earth into heaven. Read more...
...Archbishop Damianos of Sinai has pointed out that the manifestation of the Holy Trinity at the Transfiguration was foreshadowed by the earlier theophany on Mount Sinai, where the voice of God, the light of the Sun of Righteousness, and the cloud of the Holy Spirit were all similarly present. Read more....
Dear Friends of Mount Sinai Monastery, Several people have asked how things are going at St. Catherine's, so we wanted to pass along this update on their work and the status of visitors. Read more...
Christ opens his earthly ministry by receiving the Holy Spirit “as one of us” in the waters of the Jordan. He brings it to a close, at the Mystical Supper, with a promise to relay the gift to His followers. But to their great dismay, there is a condition. Read more...
Pascha, Holy Week, and the Feast of All Sinai Fathers, including brief statements about the attack that occurred close to the Monastery. Read more...
After the passage of fifteen centuries, does the Sinai brotherhood still feel the presence of Saint John Klimakos, author of the renowned Ladder of Divine Ascent? Read more...
As we approach the end of the year, with the Nativity Feast and soon the second anniversary of the 2015 launch of FMSM on the Feast of the Holy Forty Martyrs of Sinai (January 14/27)... See more...
