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St. Catherine - ܕܝܪܐ ܕܛܘܪܐ ܕܣܝܢܝ

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“The Monastery of St. Catherine on Sinai was founded in the 6th cent. It had a multicultural community prior to the Ottoman period when it became entirely Greek.”1

Names

  • ܕܝܪܐ ܕܛܘܪܐ ܕܣܝܢܝ
  • St. Catherine
  • ܕܰܝܪܳܐ ܕܛܘܪܐ ܕܣܺܝܢܰܝ3
  • دير طور سينا4, 7
  • Monastery of St. Catherine2
  • Mount Sinai Monastery5
  • Sinai6
  • St Catherine’s Monastery8, 9

Place Type

monastery

Location

  • Coordinates (preferred):
    • Lat. 28.5560143° Long. 33.9761746°8

Descriptions

“ܒܩܶܠܥܐ ܕܛܘܪܳܐ ܕܣܝܢܰܝ ܘܐܺܝܬܰܘܗܝ ܕܝܰܘܢ̈ܝܐ ܕܰܝܪܰܐ ܗܘ ܪܰܒܐ ܘܥܰܬܝ̣ܩܐ. ܥܰܒܕܗ ܩܶܣܰܪ ܝܘܽܣܛܝܺܢܝܰܐܢ ܩܰܕܡܳܝܐ. ܘܰܡܝܰܬܰܒ ܗܳܫܐ ܒܚܰܡܫܰܥܣܰܪ ܕܰܝܪ̈ܝܐ ܘܐܝܬ ܒܶܝܬ ܓܰܙ̈ܐ ܕܰܟܬܳܒ̈ܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܳܝܐ ܪ̈ܝܫܳܝܐ ܘܥܰܬܝ̣̈ܩܐ ܕܡܳܢܶܝܢ ܐܝܟ 280 ܟܬܳܒ̈ܐ ܣܘܽܓܐܗܘܽܢ ܟܬܺܝܒܝܺܢ ܒܩܰܢܝܐ ܐܶܣܛܪܢܓܶܠܝܐ ܘܡܰܠܟܳܝܐ. ܘܗܽܘܝܽܘ ܒܶܝܬ ܟܘܽܪܣܝܐ ܐܶܦܝܣܩܘܦܳܝܐ. ܡܝܛܪܘܦܘܠܝܛܗ ܥܳܡܰܪ ܒܩܰܐܗܪܗ̈”3
“في قلعة جبل سينا وهو لليونان دير عظيم قديم انشأه القيصر يوسطنيان الاول آهل بخمسة عشر راهباً وفيه خزانة كتب سريانية نفيسة قديمة يناهز عددها 280 مصحفاً اكثرها مخطوط بالقلمين الاسطرنجيلي والملكي وهو كرسي اسقفي يقيم مطرانه في القاهرة.”4
“120. Catherine, Monastery of St.”1
“built on top of Mount Sinai by Justinian, now belongs to the Greeks. Fifteen monks presently live in it. It has a magnificent library, containing about 280 old Syriac manuscripts, most of which are written in the Estrangelo and Malkite scripts. It is also a bishopric seat whose metropolitan resides in Cairo.”5
“The Monastery of St. Catherine on Sinai was founded in the 6th cent. It had a multicultural community prior to the Ottoman period when it became entirely Greek.”1

Attestation

Attestation of name دير طور سينا in the Muʿjam al-buldān of Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī. دير طور سينا4, 7 7
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Works Cited

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  • 1 S. P. Brock, "Catherine, Monastery of St." in Sebastian P. Brock et al. (eds.), The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage (Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2011)., p: 89-90.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 2 Sebastian P. Brock et al., Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage (Piscataway, New Jersey: Gorgias Press, 2011)., p: 49, 77, 89–90, 96, 146, 152, 173–174, 193, 237, 240, 262, 285–286, 317, 321, 381, 454 (fig. 32c).Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 3 Ignatius Afram Barsoum and ܐܝܓܢܐܛܝܘܣ ܐܦܪܝܡ ܩܕܡܝܐ ܕܒܝܬ ܒܪܨܘܡ, ܒܪ̈ܘܠܐ ܒܕܝܪ̈ܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܪܕܘܬ ܝܘܠܦܢ̈ܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܗܕܝܪ̈ܐ, ܚܬܳܡܳܐ ܬܪܰܝܳܢܳܐ2nd ed. (Holland: ܡܛܒܥܬܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܬܐ ܕܒܪ ܥܒܪܝܐBar Hebraeus Verlag, 1991)., p: 548.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 4 Ignatius Afram Barsoum and اغناطيوس افرام الاول برصوم, كتاب اللؤلؤ المنثور في تاريخ العلوم والأداب السريانية, الطبعة الرابعة4th ed. (Holland: مطبعة ابن العبري بدير مار افرام السريانيBar Hebraeus Verlag, 1987)., p: 512.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 5 Ignatius Aphram Barsoum, The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences, 2nd revised (Piscataway, New Jersey: Gorgias Press, 2003)., p: 567.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 6 Sergey Minov (ed.), A Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity (The Center for the Study of Christianity, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2013)., entry: Sinai.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 7 Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī and ياقوت الحموي, معجم البلدان (Beirut: دار الكتب العلميةDār al-kutub al-ʿilmiyya, 1990)., p: II:589.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 8 Ian Mladjov, "Diachronic Maps of Syriac Cultures and Their Geographic Contexts." in Daniel King and David A. Michelson (eds.), The Syriac World (London-New York: Routledge, 2018)., map: 5, 6.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Worldcat Bibliographic record
  • 9 William L. Potter and David A. Michelson, "Index of Maps." in Daniel King (ed.), The Syriac World (London-New York: Routledge, 2018)., p: 833.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Worldcat Bibliographic record

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson et al., “St. Catherine — ܕܝܪܐ ܕܛܘܪܐ ܕܣܝܢܝ ” last modified July 11, 2025, http://syriaca.org/place/368.

Bibliography:

Thomas A. Carlson et al., “St. Catherine — ܕܝܪܐ ܕܛܘܪܐ ܕܣܝܢܝ .”, edited by ., edited by David A. Michelson et al.. Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal, 2025. Entry published July 11, 2025. http://syriaca.org/place/368.

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Entry Title: St. Catherine — ܕܝܪܐ ܕܛܘܪܐ ܕܣܝܢܝ

Additional Credit:

  • Data merging for Syriac World maps data by William L. Potter
  • Syriac World maps edited by David A. Michelson
  • Syriac World maps data revised by William L. Potter
  • Syriac World maps cartography by Ian Mladjov
  • Record validation, normalization, and revisions for the second edition (2.0) by Daniel L. Schwartz
  • Record validation, normalization, and revisions for the second edition (2.0) by William L. Potter
  • Record validation, normalization, and revisions for the second edition (2.0) by David A. Michelson
  • Arabic description entry by Dayroyo Roger-Youssef Akhrass
  • Syriac description entry by Robert Aydin
  • Data merging, Pleiades and Wikipedia linking, and XML by Thomas A. Carlson
  • Initial Barsoum entry creation by David A. Michelson

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