September 15, 2021 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 17 Part 16 The meetings that facilitated our visit We called in at the icon shop. Behind its counter was a friendly Greek monk with…
September 10, 2021 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 16 Part 15 Skete of Prophet Elijah Tapping away with our walking sticks on the rocky path we, a band of pilgrims on Mount Athos,…
September 9, 2021 Oldest Christian Сhurch and Controversial Fresco We imagine the church as a free-standing building with domes, a forechurch, an altar and multiple icons. But have the Christian churches always looked…
September 7, 2021 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 15 Part 14 Blessing for the Journey We got off the minibus and met Father Simon, abbot of Xilurgu Skete. We exchanged greetings and asked…
September 6, 2021 Here There Be Giants In recent times, the rediscovery of the original ancient context of Genesis 6:1-4 has led to a fascination with the subject of the ‘Nephilim’,…
September 3, 2021 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 14 Part 13 “You’re Going to Xilurgu” Unloading our backpacks off the coach, I saw a driver in a minibus who was about to leave…
August 31, 2021 The Church of the Holy Sepulchre and New Jerusalem – Pieces of the Holy Land in Russia In the 17th century, Patriarch Nikon (+1681) resolved to build outside Moscow the New Jerusalem Monastery of the Resurrection resembling the places of Christian…
August 31, 2021 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 13 Part 12 Caryes. The Pilgrimage Begins The bus was humming strenuously, lifting us higher and higher. We were on Mount Athos! Perhaps the Lord…
August 27, 2021 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 12 Part 11 Dream Come True Call it exaltation if you like, but we knelt down and kissed the holy stones of Athos. Until recently,…
August 26, 2021 Ninety Year Old Painter Adds Colour to Her Native Village Our section “Сhronicle of Heaven” features people from different countries known to their communities as their next-door heroes. They have passionate hearts and share…
August 24, 2021 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 11 Part 10 Orientation Session While still sitting in the wardroom, I instructed my companions “with competence”. – Everyone will have their own Athos. It…
August 24, 2021 How Is Orthodox Christianity Different from Islam? Orthodoxy and Islam are both Abrahamic religions, and their doctrines have much in common. They both proclaim a faith in one almighty God Who…
