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The icon depicts monks ascending the ladder towards Jesus in Heaven, at the top right of the image with John Climacus at the top of the ladder, being welcomed by Jesus. The ladder has 30 rungs representing the 30 stages of ascetic life. [1]
John Tohabi (Georgian: იოანე თოჴაბი, romanized: ioane toẖabi; fl. late 11th - early 12th century [a]) was a Georgian ordained priest, hieromonachos [3] and icon painter whose works were donated in the High Middle Ages to the Saint Catherine's Monastery on Mount Sinai and its monastic community, [4] [5] originally all displayed together for the decoration of the entire ...
The Heavenly Ladder was translated as an icon for the Arabic speaking religious community probably at Saint Catherine's monastery on Mount Sinai [6] John Climacus leads his people through text on the left side of the page to show the Greek tradition instead of the text from the right like the Arabic tradition.
Saint Catherine's Monastery (Arabic: دير القدّيسة كاترين Dayr al-Qiddīsa Katrīn; Greek: Μονὴ τῆς Ἁγίας Αἰκατερίνης), officially the Sacred Autonomous Royal Monastery of Saint Catherine of the Holy and God-Trodden Mount Sinai, is a Christian monastery located in the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt.
Mount Sinai travel guide from Wikivoyage; Caucasian Albanian Alphabet Discovered and Deciphered, Azerbaijan International, Vol. 11:3 (Autumn 2003). Six articles. View OF Mount Sinai (as opposed to the view FROM Mount Sinai) Archived 2020-10-10 at the Wayback Machine; Information about the town of St. Katherine and the Sinai mountains; A Report ...
The Sinai image is recognizably the same scene as found on modern Orthodox icons, with some differences: only Christ has a halo, which is still typical at this date, and the plain gold background removes the question of depicting the mountain setting which was to cause later Western artists difficulties. The shape of the apse space puts the ...
Poison Profits. A HuffPost / WNYC investigation into lead contamination in New York City
Mount Sinai, showing the approach to Mount Sinai, 1839 painting by David Roberts, in The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, and Nubia. The biblical account of the giving of the instructions and teachings of the Ten Commandments was given in the Book of Exodus, primarily between chapters 19 and 24, during which Sinai is mentioned by name twice, in Exodus 19:2; 24:16.