Details of the banister posts
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The stairways have stainless steel posts with turned ornaments at each end. These support the banister.
Two stairways at opposite corners lead up to the balcony level.
The renovated storeroom has a stainless steel balcony that extends around the entire room. Open shelves at the upper level hold the monastery’s collection of early Greek printed books. Cabinets at the lower level contain trays to support stainless steel archival cases. These will protect some two thousand manuscripts, and about two hundred significant printed books.
The chairs in the reading room have also been carved with the monastery logo.
The new tables in the reading room are made of cherry wood. The monastery logo has been carved at each end.
This year, also, the church was filled with pilgrims who came to celebrate the feast of Saint Catherine.
Archbishop Philoumenos of Pella came as the representative of the Patriarch of Jerusalem. During vespers, we blessed the loaves that had been stamped with a special seal depicting Saint Catherine.
At the beginning of the Divine Liturgy. There were many concelebrating clergy.
After the Liturgy, we had a procession around the church with the relics of Saint Catherine. Monks and pilgrims led the procession with candles, the cross, and ripidia.
Father Symeon and Father Michael carried the relics of Saint Catherine around the church. Prayers were said at each corner, for the brotherhood, the pilgrims, and for the monks of Sinai who have gone to their rest. The new reading room is an inviting space for scholars to study the manuscripts. It has tables, chairs, and bookshelves imported from Greece. A grandfather clock from Bristol stands against the wall.
Inside the foyer to the reading room, there is a marble plaque with a Greek inscription commemorating the recent renovation.
The Library of the Holy Monastery Roberto Nardi created a mosaic of the monastery’s monogram. We placed it over the metal door that leads into the library. The limestone frame is carved with a Greek inscription.
ΑΝΕΚΑΙΝΙΣΘΗ THE SACRED PLACE OF THE BOOKS |
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