(4 Jan 2019) EGYPT MONASTERY
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Saint Catherine - 20 December 2018
1. Various of exterior of Saint Catherine Monastery
2. Various of monastery church
3. Mid of visitors lighting candles inside the monastery church
4. Close of candles
5. Close of visitor saying prayers
6. Wide of visitors inside church
7. Wide pan right of church interior
8. Various of mosaic that covers 46 square metres
9. Various of crucifix above altar
10. Pan of ceiling
11. Wide of church
12. Mid of Father Justin, monastery librarian, walking
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Father Justin, monastery librarian:
"The first monks came here the end of the third, the beginning of the fourth century. They came here because this was a harsh desert. It provided them with the silence and the austerity that they were looking for to devote their lives to prayer and fasting. But this is also the place where God appeared to Moses, first at the bush that burned without being consumed, and then at the peak of Sinai where God gave Moses the ten commandments."
14. Father Justin opening cabinet with holds collection of early codices and manuscripts
15. Close of collection of manuscripts
16. Wide pan left of the library
17. Close of an ancient manuscript
18. Close Father Justin turning pages of an ancient handwritten manuscript
19. SOUNDBITE (English) Father Justin, monastery librarian:
"The monastery has never been destroyed and never been abandoned in all of its history, and through the years many manuscripts were written here, many manuscripts were brought here. The community has been predominantly Greek throughout its history, but it is also been the goal of pilgrims from all over the world and that is reflected in the library. We have manuscripts in eleven different languages. The five largest categories are Greek, Arabic, Syriac, Georgian, and Slavonic. No other monastery library has manuscripts in so many different languages."
20. Various of Father Justin looking at manuscripts and books
21. SOUNDBITE (English) Father Justin, monastery librarian:
"The monastery library has 3,300 manuscripts in the old collection, approximately 1,000 manuscripts in the new finds and perhaps another thousand manuscripts in the archives which also contain both Arabic and Ottoman scrolls."
22. Wide of monastery visitors
23. Visitor looking down Moses well
24. Various of the 'burning bush'
25. Entrance of the museum inside the monastery
26. Visitor in front of Codex Sinaiticus, which dates back to the fourth century
27. Various of Codex Sinaiticus
28. Wide of a priest walking
29. SOUNDBITE (English) William Ballinger, American visitor:
"It is awesome yeah. It is really a special experience, we were looking forward to this. We flew in just a couple of days ago, we immediately came here right away, and we thought it would be very special to tour the monastery, to hike Gebal Musa (Moses mountain). We saw the sunset last night, we walked down, it was almost a full moon. It's awesome."
30. Mid of the monastery flag
31. SOUNDBITE (English) Christine Ballinger, American visitor:
"Last night we climbed the mountain and watched the sunset and today we were in the monastery, and we also got to meet with one of the fathers and learn about the library and all of the sacred manuscripts, and I have to say that was probably one of my favourite parts."
32. Various of bell tower
33. Close of cross on top of bell tower
LEADIN:
Christians believe Saint Catherine's is home to the burning bush, where God first spoke to Moses.
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