June 23, 2022 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 60 Part 59 The ways we choose Vladimir Georgievich opened the conversation: “An acquaintance of mine, from Moscow, has been planning to visit your church….
June 14, 2022 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 59 Part 58 Our last night on Mount Athos We were trudging toward the hotel. Igor caught up with us in an upbeat mood. We…
June 7, 2022 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 58 Part 57 A touch of grace When the service was over, we went to the monastic refectory and were impressed by its sheer size…
June 2, 2022 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 57 Part 56 A sense of homecoming Newcomers to a church typically spend some time looking around before finding a secluded spot where they can…
May 27, 2022 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 56 Part 55 Back to Russia The ferry came, and the once deserted Dafni pier became lively again. Outside the local customs office, a small…
May 25, 2022 Christian Insights on Life in Times of War It is not in our power to stop a war. Yet we do have the power to remain human, and most importantly, Christians –…
May 18, 2022 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 55 Part 54 Shopping for souvenirs The bus departed, and the Daphne pier was empty again. Silouan, an elderly monk, returned with his face glowing….
May 18, 2022 Married or Celibate? The Evolution of the Views on the Celibacy Rule for Orthodox Bishops In the Russian Church tradition, bishops have historically been drawn from monastics, and rarely from the Ryasophore monks*. Conversely, in the Greek tradition, Ryasophore…
May 12, 2022 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 54 Part 53 A Sobering Conversation over Coffee At last, a ferry appeared in our view. It was coming to take us across time. We…
May 10, 2022 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 53 Part 52 Farewell to the Gregoriou Monastery We went to the arkhondarik to get ready for the journey. None of us was happy to…
April 27, 2022 Who Destroyed the Jerusalem Temple? One of the charges levelled against Christ at the Court of the Sanhedrin concerned the Jerusalem Temple. Several witnesses there alleged that Christ was…
April 27, 2022 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 52 Part 51 Our Father I woke up. It was dark in our room. The closeness of the sea with its measured noise created an…
