Anastasios of Sinai, also called Anastasius Sinaïta, was a monk and priest in the monastery at Mount Sinai during the second half of the seventh century.(1) Although Alexandria is traditionally given as his birthplace, it is more likely that he was born on Cyprus in the town of Amathos. He left before the Arabs invaded that island in 649, and after traveling from Cyprus to Palestine, he entered the monastery at Mount Sinai perhaps around 660.(2) |