A Getty Museum film crew traveled to the Holy Monastery of Saint Catherine in the Sinai Desert and captured scenes of traditions that have attracted pilgrims from around the world for more than a thousand years.

 

Watch this video to learn more about Saint Catherine's Monastery, icons, and daily life at the monastery.

 

Produced by the J. Paul Getty Museum and Lyn Goldfarb Productions, Inc. Special thanks to the Holy Monastery of Saint Catherine and the Supreme Council of Antiquities, Egyptian Ministry of Culture Archival media provided by the Holy Monastery of Saint Catherine Photography of Moses Removing His Sandal Before the Burning Bush by Bruce M. White, 2005. © 2006 J. Paul Getty Trust