Saint Catherine's Monastery at the foot of Mount Sinai, Egypt is one of the most important Christian monasteries in the world ...

According to Al-Ahram, St. Catherine's Monastery remains the only site in the Sinai Peninsula declared a UNESCO World ...

which houses the largest monastic library in the world. The Admont Abbey Library is significant for more than books, however: ...

A ruling by an Egyptian court transferring ownership of one of the world s oldest monasteries to the state has provoked ...

Its gilded shelves are said to have inspired one of Disney's best-loved classics. This library could give Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel a run for its money with its beauty – and won't require a ...

And high in the great tower of Pantokrator Monastery, a metal library door swings open. There, deep inside the medieval fortified monastery in the Mount Athos monastic Orthodox Christian community ...

Greece and Egypt agreed to continue talks on the Saint Catherine Monastery at Mount Sinai after a controversial ruling by a ...

“The monastery was rebuilt faithfully to its original design” after the war, Dom Antonio pointed out. During this reconstruction period, the abbey library was temporarily sheltered at the now ...

Nor do libraries. But the Admont abbey library in the small Styrian town — which claims to be the largest monastic library in the world — is also the most Instagramable, with Baroque interiors ...

Nawab Faizullah Khan founded this stunning library in 1774 and is a home to Indo-Islamic literature and arts, along with a host of works related to different religions and cultures. The library ...