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….
October 10, 2021 General Abandonment of Reading Is a Path to Loss of Mental and Physical Health As we celebrate the National Library Day in empty libraries, we have to acknowledge that we read books less and less these days, not…
October 8, 2021 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 24 Part 23 It Is Truly Meet I have no talent for languages. Like many, I learned them unsystematically. In school I had no motivation…
October 5, 2021 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 23 Part 22 Holy Relics Everyone lined up in a certain order and followed Archimandrite Ephraim out of the refectory. At the exit the abbot…
October 1, 2021 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 22 Part 21 Liturgy After venerating the icons I asked one of the singers where I could stand. I’m not sure how I did that. …
September 29, 2021 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 21 Part 20 Service in the Vatopedi Monastery My first night (or rather a few hours of sleep) on Athos was dreamless. At about three…
September 28, 2021 The True Cross: History of Loss and Acquisition. Part 2 Part 1 What Happened to the Cross after the Crucifixion? A long staircase leads today’s pilgrims down to the Church of the Holy Queen…
September 27, 2021 The True Cross: History of Loss and Acquisition Why is the church where the relic was uncovered located deep underground? How were the nails from the crucifixion site discovered? How was the…
