The last rays of the sun turn the granite mountains a copper gold.
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The chapel of the Five Martyrs of Greater Armenia, Saints Eustratius, Auxentius, Eugenius, Mardarius, and Orestes, whose memory is celebrated on December 13. Large ceramic storage jars in the courtyard outside the prosphora bakery. In the Life of Saint Gregory of Sinai (1260s – 1346), we read that he worked in the kitchen and bakery for over three years. The ancient kitchen is still there, below the present kitchen and bakery. […] In monasteries, at the end of meals on feast days, there is a special service in which a loaf is blessed and distributed to those present. At Sinai, these loaves are stamped with a seal depicting the Virgin Mary of the Burning Bush, the Prophet Moses, and Saint Catherine. […] In the middle of the day, the sun’s rays cast a raking light across the wall outside the Chapel of the Twelve Apostles, highlighting the brushstrokes of whitewash, with earlier layers showing through in patches. |
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