March 9, 2022 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 46 Part 45 Mountain-high Experience The variety at the Dionysiou monastery icon shop is quite limited, so we went on without stopping there. To leave…
March 2, 2022 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 45 Part 44 Dionysiou Monastery The halt ended, and we continued to water the Athos trails with our sweat, resounding our prayers into the surroundings….
March 1, 2022 What to Do in Difficult Times? Elders’ Advice Quotes from famous spiritual fathers on what to do in situations that cause anxiety, confusion and fear of the future. Archimandrite John (Krestiankin) (1910-2006)…
February 22, 2022 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 44 Part 43 Back in the Mountains We went outside the gates of the monastery, crossed ourselves and bowed with gratitude in the direction of…
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…
