Morning Sunlight

Early morning sunlight at the basin of the Prophet Elijah. From here, the path leads to remote chapels.

The God-trodden Mount of Sinai

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 Sunday of Saint John Climacus

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 […]

Sinai Hermitage

A hermitage at the basin of the Prophet Elijah. There are records that a Father Daniel lived there in the 1930s.

The Homilies of Saint Macarius

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 […]