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Dark clouds and thunder during Holy Week. Ἐρχόμενος ὁ Κύριος, πρὸς τὸ ἑκούσιον Πάθος, τοῖς Ἀποστόλοις ἔλεγεν ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ. Ἰδοὺ ἀναβαίνομεν εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα, καὶ παραδοθήσεται ὁ Υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου, καθώς γέγραπται περὶ αὐτοῦ. Δεῦτε οὖν καὶ ἡμεῖς, κεκαθαρμέναις διανοίαις, συμπορευθῶμεν αὐτῷ, καὶ συσταυρωθῶμεν, καὶ νεκρωθῶμεν δι’ αὐτόν, ταῖς τοῦ βίου ἡδοναῖς, ἵνα […] Early morning sunlight at the basin of the Prophet Elijah. From here, the path leads to remote chapels. Καὶ ἀνέβη Μωυσῆς καὶ ᾿Ααρὼν καὶ Ναδὰβ καὶ ᾿Αβιοὺδ καὶ ἑβδομήκοντα τῆς γερουσίας ᾿Ισραήλ καὶ εἶδον τὸν τόπον, οὗ εἱστήκει ὁ Θεὸς τοῦ ᾿Ισραήλ· καὶ τά ὑπὸ τοὺς πόδας αὐτοῦ ὡσεὶ ἔργον πλίνθου σαπφείρου καὶ ὥσπερ εἶδος στερεώματος τοῦ οὐρανοῦ τῇ καθαριότητι. Καὶ τῶν ἐπιλέκτων τοῦ ᾿Ισραὴλ οὐ διεφώνησεν οὐδὲ εἷς· καὶ ὤφθησαν ἐν […] The sun was just beginning to shine on the mountain peaks as we made our way down the valley to the church of Saint John Climacus. Saint John passed forty years living in a cave. It was during this time that many turned to him, finding in him a wise and experienced spiritual […] A hermitage at the basin of the Prophet Elijah. There are records that a Father Daniel lived there in the 1930s. The Fifty Spiritual Homilies of Saint Macarius the Egyptian were translated by Thomas Haywood and published in 1721 as Primitive Morality: or, the Spiritual Homilies of Saint Macarius the Egyptian, full of very Profitable Instructions concerning that Perfection, which is Expected from Christians, and which it is their Duty to Endeavour after. Done out […] An apple tree in front of the north fortress wall. It blooms several weeks after the almond trees, when spring weather is more certain. Sixth century blocks of hewn granite form the base of the tower of Saint George. Crosses were carved into the stones at regular intervals around the monastery. Some stones have a lunate sigma or other Greek letter carved into the face. These have been identified as quarry marks. […] The first rays of sunlight strike the north wall of the fortress. Scattered clouds on a cold winter’s day create patches of sunlight that move slowly over the surrounding mountains. |
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