St Catherine’s Monastery Library – South Sinai, Egypt.
St Catherine’s Church of Senai was established in 565 AD and is found in Egypt. Within the huge Cathedral is a library that has thousands of centuries of texts and manuscripts on religion and history. The library has more than 3,000 books. The books are mainly of Christian Literature written in Greek, Syriac, Arabic, Slavonic, Georgian and other languages.
The Library is the second largest collection of early codices and manuscripts. In 2017, it was reopened making it the oldest and longest running library in the world.
