Saint Catherine's Monastery (Modern Greek:Μονὴ τῆς Ἁγίας Αἰκατερίνης, Arabic:دير القدّيسة كاترين‎), officially "Sacred Monastery of the God-Trodden Mount Sinai" (Modern Greek:Ιερά Μονή του Θεοβαδίστου Όρους Σινά), lies on the Sinai Peninsula, at the mouth of a gorge at the foot of Mount Sinai, in the city of Saint Catherine, Egypt in the South Sinai Governorate. The monastery is controlled by the autocephalous Church of Sinai, part of the wider Eastern Orthodox Church, and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.