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'''Mount Sinai''' is the name of a mountain in the Sinai Peninsula within the country of Egypt that in Orthodox Christian tradition is associated with the [[Moses|Prophet Moses]], the [[Burning Bush|burning bush]], and the presentation to Moses by the [[Lord ]] of the tablets inscribed with the [[Ten Commandments]].
==Religious Significance==
[[Bible|Biblically]], Mount Sinai is the mountain where the Lord met with Moses and the Israelites after they departed from Egypt. While Moses was upon the mountain receiving the Lord’s instructions and commandments, Aaron, at the request of the Israelites, created a golden calf that the Israelites began to worship. The Lord told Moses of this, and in his grief upon seeing it after his return from the mountain, Moses broke the stone tablets of the Ten Commandments that had been given him by the Lord. After punishment of the Israelites and restoration, Moses returned to the mountain, where he received a duplicate copy of the tablets. These tablets, following the Lord’s instructions, were placed in the ark of the covenant.
An Orthodox [[chapel]] is located on the summit of the mountain. The chapel was constructed in 1934 on the ruins of a 16th-century [[church]]. Traditionally, the rock from which God made the the Tablets of the Law is enclosed within the chapel. Also at the summit is "Moses' cave," where Moses waited to receive the Ten Commandments.
==Geography==
[[Category: Places]]
[[Category:Pilgrimage Sites]]
[[ro:Muntele Sinai]]
