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that the world s oldest continuously operating library is in St. Catherine s monastery in Egypt. Built in the 550s AD by order of Emperor Justinian I, it contains one of the largest collections of early Christian icons, including the earliest known depiction of Jesus as Christ Pantocrator

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Fun Fact: that the world’s oldest continuously operating library is in St. Catherine’s monastery in Egypt. Built in the 550s AD by order of Emperor Justinian I, it contains one of the largest collections of early Christian icons, including the earliest known depiction of Jesus as “Christ Pantocrator”

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