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Ὁ συνάναρχος καὶ συναΐδιος Υἱός, καὶ Λόγος τοῦ Πατρός, ἐπὶ πώλου ἀλόγου, ἦλθε σήμερον καθεζόμενος, ἐπὶ τὴν πόλιν Ἱερουσαλήμ, ὃν τὰ Χερουβὶμ μετὰ δέους ἀτενίσαι οὐ δύνανται. Παῖδες ἀνευφήμησαν, μετὰ βαΐων καὶ κλάδων, τὸν αἶνον μυστικῶς ἀναμέλποντες. Ὡσαννὰ ἐν τοῖς ὑψίστοις, τῷ ἐλθόντι σῶσαι ἐκ πλάνης, ἄπαν τὸ γένος ἡμῶν. The co-beginningless and co-eternal […] The beautiful Greek bishop’s throne in the Chapel of the Prophet Elisha. There is a small marble plaque set into a frame over the door to the kelli of Father Daniel, at the basin of the Prophet Elijah. I photographed it in afternoon shade, but it was difficult to read. I returned in the evening and photographed it with raking light. Then the inscription became more […] The kelli of Father Daniel photographed in the morning sunlight. The first light of day at the basin of the Prophet Elijah. The cypress tree that had stood there for centuries died a few years ago. Five new trees were planted inside a walled enclosure. Three of them are flourishing. The kelli of Father Daniel is to the left. […] An icon of the Holy Mandylion over the central gates on the Sinai iconostasion. The icon was created in Moscow in the second half of the seventeenth century. The almond blossoms are all the more striking because they are in such contrast with the stark granite mountains that rise up on both sides of the monastery garden. […] We can still have cold weather after the almond trees have bloomed. The apricot and apple trees are more cautious, blooming several weeks later. The last to put out new leaves is the fig tree. Ἀπὸ δὲ τῆς συκῆς μάθετε τὴν παραβολήν· ὅταν ἤδη ὁ κλάδος αὐτῆς γένηται ἁπαλὸς καὶ τὰ φύλλα ἐκφύῃ γινώσκετε […] When the almond trees are in bloom, the air is filled with a light and subtle fragrance. […] I arrived at Saint Catherine’s Monastery on February 23, 1996. The almond trees were in bloom. Each February, when they bloom, it is a sign that I have been here yet another year. […] |
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