The Byzantine Emperor Justinian ordered the construction of Saint Catherine's monastery (AFP) Much of the church’s original exterior is still standing today and continues to draw pilgrims.

Saint Catherine’s is one of the very early outstanding Christian monasteries in the world, and has retained its monastic function without a break from its foundation in the 6th century. The Byzantine ...

But when the tall, lean monk walks through the exhibition of Byzantine ... a 6th century icon of St. Peter. Later, a group of visitors crowded around him to ask about St. Catherine’s Monastery ...

St Catherine’s was built by the order of Justinian I between 548 and 565, but court ruling could see it turned into museum ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - A late Byzantine icon, made around 1450 with gleaming touches of gold leaf, headlines the latest round of acquisitions at the Cleveland Museum of Art, which roam the globe and ...

Icons are still used in the Eastern Orthodox Church to focus worshippers' prayers on a particular saint or subject. The most famous Byzantine icon shows the Virgin and Child and is supposedly ...