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The instruments of the tabernacle, manuscript Sinai Greek 1186, 81 recto. At the peak of Sinai, God revealed the tabernacle to Moses in sacred vision, and commanded him to make the same upon earth, that the worship offered here below should be a reflection of the worship that is offered in the heavens. […] Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the turtle dove a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O Lord of hosts, my King, and my God. (Psalm 83:3) A Sinai icon of Christ Pantokrator dated to the sixteenth or seventeenth centuries. The Gospel displays the opening words of the following verses, Δεῦτε πρός με πάντες οἱ κοπιῶντες καὶ πεφορτισμένοι κἀγὼ ἀναπαύσω ὑμᾶς. Ἄρατε τὸν ζυγόν μου ἐφ’ ὑμᾶς καὶ μάθετε ἀπ’ ἐμοῦ ὅτι πρᾷός εἰμι καὶ ταπεινὸς τῇ καρδίᾳ καὶ εὑρήσετε ἀνάπαυσιν […] The stasidia at Sinai are made of thick panels of mahogany. The stasidia at the front of the basilica are decorated with carved crosses. Sinai icon of Saint Paul dated to the thirteenth century. Τίς οὖν ἄρα καὶ ἡμῖν ἐπεύξεται, ἐπειδὴ Παῦλος ἀπῆλθεν; Οἱ Παύλου ζηλωταὶ οὗτοι, μόνον ἀξίους παράσχωμεν ἑαυτοὺς τῆς τοιαύτης συνηγορίας, ἵνα μὴ ἐνταῦθα μόνον ἀκούσωμεν τῆς Παύλου φωνῆς, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐκεῖ ἀπελθόντες ἰδεῖν καταξιωθῶμεν τὸν ἀθλητὴν τοῦ Χριστοῦ· μᾶλλον δὲ ἂν ἐνταῦθα ἀκούσωμεν, κἀκεῖ πάντως […] Sinai icon of the All-holy Theotokos dated to the thirteenth century. Τὴν οὐράνιον πύλην καὶ κιβωτόν, τὸ πανάγιον ὄρος, τὴν φωταυγῆ, νεφέλην ὑμνήσωμεν τὴν οὐράνιον κλίμακα, τὸν λογικὸν Παράδεισον, τῆς Εὔας τὴν λύτρωσιν, τῆς οἰκουμένης πάσης, τὸ μέγα κειμήλιον, ὅτι σωτηρία, ἐν αὐτῇ διεπράχθη, τῷ κόσμῳ καὶ ἄφεσις, τῶν ἀρχαίων ἐγκλημάτων. Διὰ τοῦτο […] The chapel of Saints Cosmas and Damian is at the southwest corner of the Sinai basilica. The holy table faces east, but the iconostasion is aligned with the wall of the basilica. The panel beneath the icon of the All-holy Theotokos depicts a repeating pattern of rosebuds. The iconostasion dates from the eighteenth century. […] Saint Ignatius, known as Θεοφόρος, ‘the God-bearer’, was bishop of Antioch. Around the year 107, he was arrested and sent to Rome, condemned to death by being thrown to wild beasts in the amphitheatre. At two stopping points, he was able to write letters to various churches. In his Epistle to the Ephesians he […] An icon lamp catches the sunlight at the noonday reading of the Third and Sixth Hours. The icon lamp in the Chapel of Saint James, First Bishop of Jerusalem, at the beginning of Mesonyktikon, the Midnight Office. |
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