The icon of Saint Catherine on the northwest pier in the Church of Saint Catherine, the Sinai metochion in Athens.
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On Sunday, September 1/14, 2025, the Sinai brotherhood met in General Assembly and unanimously elected Archimandrite Symeon Papadopoulos as the Abbot of Sinai. At a future date, he will be consecrated Archbishop of Sinai, Pharan, and Raithou by the Patriarch of Jerusalem in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, after which he will be […] On Friday, September 12, Archbishop Damianos submitted his formal letter of resignation as Archbishop of Sinai, Pharan, and Raithou. He was born in 1935, and is thus in his ninety-first year. He was consecrated Archbishop of Sinai in 1973. This brings to an end a term of service of fifty-two years. Archbishop Damianos […] Sinai Greek 4743 is a tiny Greek New Testament printed at Lugduni Batavorum (Leiden) by Officina Luchtmanniana in 1751. It measures 6.5 by 11 centimetres. It was bound in vellum. The front has a depiction of the Crucifixion, and the back the Resurrection. The spine is flat but was stained blue and red in […] Sinai manuscript Greek 1583 contains music for extended melodies written in Byzantine notation in 1712. The volume was beautifully bound in tooled and gilded leather, with two metal clasps, and a raised headband and footband in the Byzantine style. The edges of the pages were stained blue, and then stamped with alternating gilt […] Portrait medallion of the Evangelist Matthew from the sixth century Sinai apse mosaic. And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him. (Matthew 9:9) Yea, for to this end He […] Portrait medallion of the Prophet Hosea from the sixth century Sinai apse mosaic. The prophet Hosea lived at a time when faith had grown weak. He recalled the sojourn in the wilderness with longing. It had been a time when the children of Israel were close to God, when He had dwelt tangibly […] There is a terrace at the northwest corner of the monastery, and it is very pleasant during the summer to watch the sunset and the approach of night from there. On rare occasions, there is enough humidity in the air to catch the rays of the setting sun. […] The hermitage of Saints Galakteon and Episteme in the morning sunlight. In the summer, the sun rises farther to the north, and the hermitage only enters into sun later in the morning. During the winter, the sun rises farther to the south, and the sunlight reaches the hermitage hours earlier. The Elder Paisios […] In this icon, the Patriarch Euthymios of Jerusalem stands in the presence of the Most Holy Theotokos and the Prophet Moses. The Theotokos raises her hands in intercession, with the Christ Child portrayed in a medallion before her. This icon is known as the Blachernitissa, but it is especially associated with the Virgin Mary […] |
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