Photograph of a Greek Orthodox monk having a meal of grapefruit in his quarters at oasis of Wadi Feiran in the Sinai Peninsula. The monk is a member of the Saint Catherine’s Monastery. The monk tends a garden including grapefruit and other citrus trees in the oasis and leads a monastic life of simplicity, spirituality, and worship. The Monastery of Saint Catherines aka Saint Katherines is officially named The Sacred and Imperial Monastery of the God-Trodden Mount of Sinai. The elder monk wears a beard and the black cloak habit and cap of the Orthodox Christian order. He patiently squeezes all the juice out of the fruit. Photograph by Nathan Benn taken November 25, 1974.

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Wadi Feiran, Sinai, Sinai Penins

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