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St. Catherine's Monastery in Sinai Peninsula

2008-1212-10
Accession Number
2008-1212-10
1x1.5
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NAID 350476962
Related Collection
Thayer, Charles W. Papers
Keywords
Clergy
Historic sites
Monasteries
HST Keywords
Egypt; St. Catherine's Monastery; Sinai Peninsula, Egypt
Rights

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Credit:
Charles W. Thayer

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description
View of a Greek Orthodox religious figure at St. Catherine's Monastery, a Greek Orthodox site located at the foot of Mt. Sinai in the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt. Identified by Thayer as "Father Nikoforus who looks after visitors, striking the wooden gong which was used before chimes were introduced to the Monastery." Photograph taken as part of a trip diplomat and author Charles W. Thayer and his wife Cynthia took in March 1961. Photos intended for a possible magazine article by Thayer. Original negatives are in the Harry S. Truman Library collection.
Date(s)
March 1961