March 2, 2022 78 0 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….
February 22, 2022 50 0 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 67 0 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 2978 5 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 57 0 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 72 0 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 25, 2022 78 0 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 87 0 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 97 0 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 124 0 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….