November 16, 2021 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 32 Part 31 St Andrew’s Skete Rushing into the gate, we bumped into a monk holding a set of keys. He was busy talking with…
November 14, 2021 How Individuals and Nations Become Demonically Possessed In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit The event we remember today is shocking—the casting out of demons from…
November 12, 2021 How Julian the Apostate Sought to Revive Paganism in Rome, and How His Grand Design Unravelled 2 November, Commemoration of Saint Artemius of Antioch Artemius, a distinguished military commander, reached the peak of his military career during the reign of…
November 8, 2021 Prophet Moses Against the Consumer Society We often associate the Old Testament with utmost severity and uncompromising attitude towards those who do not fulfill the Law in its entirety. At…
November 6, 2021 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 31 Part 30 The Long and Winding Road to Karyes We went back to pick up our backpacks before moving on. We found our stuff…
November 3, 2021 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 30 Part 29 St Nicholas of the Oyster and the “Ochi-ochi” Reaching the monastery, I felt a surge of fatigue, probably caused by the recent…
October 27, 2021 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 29 Part 28 The Jungle, the Umbrella and the Prickly Pear Cacti Our backpacks “sighed” with their flaps and perched on our backs. Igor straightened…
October 25, 2021 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 28 Part 27 A Simple Plan We were sitting on a bench by the cathedral church when Cyril returned. He had an idea to stay…
October 20, 2021 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 27 Part 26 Koutloumousiou Monastery and Cats (Continued) After a long wait, no one came to talk to us, and Cyril went to the arkhondarik…
October 15, 2021 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 26 Part 25 Koutloumousiou Monastery and Cats Upon returning to the main square of Karyes, our kind guides said that the Koutloumousiou Monastery was only…
October 13, 2021 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 25 Part 24 Galaktotrophousa We walked out of the church and sat in silence near the rocket-bell tower, still dwelling in our inner spaces. Again,…
October 12, 2021 Lot’s Monastery The 19th chapter of Genesis recounts the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah and the flight of Lot with his family from these unrighteous cities….
