MEMORIES FROM MY CHILDHOOD
When I was seven years old my family and I went to
Egypt! Incredibly enough, I have very cool memories of it!
I remember, while we were going to St. Catherine's
monastery. I saw the desert and I was
amazed. I especially love this memory
because I still remember the many different colours of the sand: black, red,
blue,green and brown. I would have never expected the sand to have so many
shades and colours.
ST. CATHERINE’S MONASTERY
Built between 548 and 565, the monastery is one of the
oldest working Christian monasteries in the world. It’s official name is "Sacred Monastery of the God-Trodden
Mount Sinai". The site contains the world's oldest continually operating
library, possessing many unique books including the Syriac
Sinaiticus and, until 1859, the Codex Sinaiticus. A small town
with hotels and swimming pools, called Saint Katherine City, has grown
around the monastery
In St. Catherine's monastery we saw many interesting things
like "the tree that never burns", the mount Sinai, a room full of
monk's skulls and around the monastery there were many camels. We were visiting
the monastery with a guide who told us St. Catherine's personal tragic story.
A MARTYR OF CHRISTIANITY
According to tradition, Catherine of
Alexandria was a Christian martyr sentenced to death on
the breaking wheel. When this failed to kill her, she was beheaded.
According to tradition, angels took her remains to Mount Sinai.
Around the year 800, monks from the Sinai Monastery found her remains.
(photo)
That was the most exciting experience I have ever had! I remember everything as in a beautiful
dream.
LORENZO M.
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