February 15, 2022 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 43 Part 42 My Fine Dining and Drinking on Mount Athos Entering the refectory of St Paul’s Monastery that morning, I tried to be a…
February 8, 2022 The Women Who Trespassed on Mount Athos The Holy Mountain, the domain of the Holy Theotokos, has had a strict rule against the admission of women for many centuries. At one…
February 8, 2022 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 42 Part 41 Evening at St Paul’s Monastery Just outside the monastery’s gates, there was a spacious gazebo, surrounded by winding paved pathways, looking like…
February 1, 2022 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 41 Part 40 Vespers And Evening Meal Our windows were located almost directly above the monastery’s semantron. Everyone jumped up and dressed quickly, like soldiers…
January 26, 2022 What Can the Fall of Jerusalem Teach Us? The scripture teaches us about multiple historical events. One of them leaves us a poignant lesson in both politics and religion. I am referring…
January 25, 2022 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 40 Part 39 Focus of View and St Paul of Xeropotamou Nicholas respectfully hung my belt over the back of a chair and closed his…
January 22, 2022 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 39 Part 38 The Shower And The Belt Reaching the end of the corridor (it was only about a meter wide near our cell) I…
January 11, 2022 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 38 Part 37 St Paul To my shame, I was sure that the Monastery of St Paul was named in honor of the “Apostle of…
December 28, 2021 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 37 Part 36 About the Will of God The concept of God’s will is in danger of becoming a “stock phrase” in the Orthodox world….
December 21, 2021 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 36 Part 35 Dafni Crossing to the southern side of the Athos ridge, our bus began to descend to Dafni pier, the main Athos port,…
December 18, 2021 Comparison of Biblical and Babylonian Cosmogony The clay tablets, discovered in 1849 in the ruins of the Ashurbanipal library, have caused much controversy among historians and biblical scholars. They contain…
December 14, 2021 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 35 Part 34 Monastic Meal Walking out of St Andrew’s Cathedral, we joined the group going to the refectory, located in the basement of the…
