The monastery was built by order of Emperor Justinian I ( reigned 527-565 ), enclosing the Chapel of the Burning Bush ordered to be built by Helena, the mother of Constantine I, at the site where Moses is supposed to have seen the burning bush ; the living bush on the grounds is purportedly the original.

The monastery was built by order of Emperor Justinian I ( reigned 527-565 ), enclosing the Chapel of the Burning Bush ordered to be built by Helena, the mother of Constantine I, at the site where Moses is supposed to have seen the burning bush ; the living bush on the grounds is purportedly the original.

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