Saint Anastasius of Sinai
A monk and priest at Mount Sinai in the 7th century, Anastasius was a staunch defender of orthodoxy against Monophysite …
Place
Mount Sinai
EG
6 saints associated
Saint John Climacus (Abbot of Mount Sinai)
Abbot of Mount Sinai, Saint John Climacus is the author of the mystical Ladder, a spiritual treatise structured in thirt…
Saint John Climacus (of the Ladder)
Originally from Palestine and a disciple of Gregory of Nazianzus, John Climacus withdrew to Mount Sinai at the age of si…
Saint Moses
Saved from the waters of the Nile and raised in the court of Pharaoh, Moses was chosen by God to deliver the Hebrew peop…
Saint Nilus the Elder
A high dignitary and governor of Constantinople, Saint Nilus left his duties and family to embrace the solitary life on …
Saint Simeon of Trier
A monk originally from Syracuse, trained in Constantinople and on Mount Sinai, Simeon traveled throughout Europe to coll…