May 18, 2022 89 0 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 12, 2022 97 0 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 52 0 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 54 0 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…
April 14, 2022 106 0 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 51 Part 50 A Bedtime Story about Xeropotamou Monastery Returning to our room, the first thing I did was take out a map of Athos….
April 7, 2022 91 0 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 50 Part 49 Socratic Rest When we left the refectory, Andrei approached me and asked: – Do you know who was sitting across the table…
March 30, 2022 93 0 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 49 Part 48 Dinner The time of the evening service flew, and soon a monk came up to me, showing that it was time to…
March 23, 2022 79 0 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 48 Part 47 Evening at St Gregory Monastery The shower was opposite our room door. Suddenly Igor and I dropped our backpacks near the beds…
March 16, 2022 81 0 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 47 Part 46 Father Paul Approaching the monastery, we could not even imagine that our stay there would be so warm and memorable. The descent…
March 9, 2022 77 0 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…
