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Egypt reopens historic library in Sinai after renovations

SAINT CATHERINE'S MONASTERY, Egypt – Egypt is inaugurating an ancient library in the famed St. Catherine's Monastery in South Sinai.

 

Saturday's ceremony comes after three years of renovation work and was attended by several western ambassadors and Egyptian officials.

 

Monk Damyanos, the monastery's archbishop, says the library maintains the world's second largest collection of early codices and manuscripts, outnumbered only by the Vatican Library.

 

St. Catherine's, founded in the 6th century, is one of the oldest Christian Orthodox monasteries, a UNESCO World Heritage site and one of South Sinai's main tourist attractions.

 

 


פרסום ראשון: 12.16.17, 13:42