1,500 year old Christian monastery faces closure after Egyptian court ruling.
Saint Catherine's Monastery in Egypt. (Photo: Getty/iStock)The oldest continuously functioning monastery in the world may be closed and turned into a museum, following an Egyptian court ruling.
St Catherine’s monastery was built in the mid-sixth century and has a special connection to both the Old and New Testaments.
Not only is it the oldest operating monastery dedicated to Christ, it also happens to be located at the foot of Mt Sinai, the mountain where Moses received the Ten Commandments from God in the book of Exodus. CT.
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