![[ IMAGE: The Burning Bush ]](burningbush.jpg)
Visitors are welcome, but should call or write in advance. Remembering that this is a Holy Place visitors must conform to strictest standards of modesty for women and men. Since the Chapel is dedicated to the Burning Bush, shoes are removed before entering, according to ancient tradition.
Directions: On Augusta Road: Look for large white, red & gold mosaic cupola mark entrance gate & bldgs, 2 mi So of Union community. Ask in Eastabuchie or Moselle, or telephone from Hattiesburg. Women may visit, but only in appropriate attire (no exceptions). Acommodations are ascetic.
The Burning Bush Hermitage was founded in 1979 with the blessings of Archbishop Damianos of Sinai. Services are in English, Greek, Arabic, Armenian, Slavonic and French. This small remote skete was founded from Mount Sinai after that monastery became accessible to tourists.
There are two chapels, dedicated to the Palestinian Martyrs and to the Burning Bush. The Palestinian Hermitage follows the Rule of St. Anthony, and services are identical to those in the Holy Sepulchre and the monasteries of Palestine and Sinai (not of Russia). Times of daily services determined by work. This is a very eremetic skete, encouraging each to his individual way of life and maximum solitude with accomodation to individual needs rather than conformity to a common standard. The monastery attempts to support itself by selling incense, and by donations. Conditions are purposefully primitive, and the traditions of Mar Saba and Mount Sinai are followed as closely as possible.
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