#saint moses

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Sinai icon of the Most Holy Virgin with Christ Child and the Prophet Moses in prayer before them

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Sinai icon (13th century) of the Most Holy Theotokos of the Burning Bush (with the Holy Prophet Moses at her feet) and the Great Martyr Catherine, the All-Wise Bride of Christ

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The Appearance of the Archangel Gabriel to the Prophet Moses. Miniature from Biblical books, late 15th century, Russian State Library

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A fresco of the Prophet Moses before the Burning Bush, by Marcos Campanis, on the wall by the Well of Moses.

The Burning Bush, according to Church fathers, was a prefigurement of the Most Holy Theotokos bearing the Christ, while remaining a virgin, and not being consumed by His Divinity.

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The Well of Moses inside St. Catherine's Monastery Walls

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Sinai Royal Doors with Holy Prophets Moses and Aaron, 17th century

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The fresco in the apse depicts the Virgin Mary of the Burning Bush, with the Prophet Moses removing his shoes on the left, and receiving the Tablets of the Law on the right. Below are icons of the twelve Apostles.

"Moses wrote of thee beforehand as the golden vessel and the tablets and the table, O All-blameless one, and as the bush wholly unconsumed by fire, O Maiden; wherefore now, beholding the fulfilment with faith, we piously glorify the Theotokos who gave birth to the God of all."

The Ninth Ode of Matins in the service to Moses the God-seer