A Byzantine painting of Saint Gregory of Nazianus composing a sermon

Friday 14 June 1996 23:02 BST

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A Byzantine painting of Saint Gregory of Nazianus composing a sermon, one of the 4,500 manuscripts in the library of the monastery of Saint Catherine in Sinai. Twenty monks live in the monastery which has been inhabited since it was

established by the Emperor Justinian in 550. Prince Charles yesterday launched a foundation which hopes to raise

hundreds of millions of pounds to restore the buildings of the monastery and introduce modern methods to the library

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