First reports: Explosion, casualties at Saint Catherine’s Monastery, Sinai

First unconfirmed reports say that an explosion has occurred at Saint Catherine’s Monastery with many casualties. No further details available yet. The seventh century monastery, one of the oldest working Christian monasteries in the world, located at the foot of Mount Sinai (Mount Moses), contains a priceless treasury of relics, art and ancient documents.

 

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