ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Saint Catherine's Monastery

Saint Catherine's Monastery is a very old and important building in a place called Sinai, which is part of Egypt. It's like a big castle with walls all around it, and it's very important to some people because it was built a long time ago, almost 1,500 years ago!

Inside the monastery, there are really old and special things that people think are important because they tell stories about Jesus and the history of Christianity. Some things are really rare and important, like old books with writing in them that are over a thousand years old. These books tell us a lot about what people were like a long time ago and what they believed in.

There's also a special place inside the monastery called the Chapel of the Burning Bush. According to a story, this was the bush that was on fire but didn't burn up when God talked to Moses in the Bible. So, some people think it's really special and holy.

A lot of people still visit the monastery today, even though it's so old. They come from all over the world to see the special things inside, and sometimes there are even people who live there and take care of it, like monks. Like a really old house, it needs to be taken care of so that it stays standing for a long time to come.