Sinai Greek 690 is a beautiful little manuscript containing a canon to the Prophet Moses in each of the eight tones (to be chanted on Saturdays, in the tone of the week), and the service to Saint Catherine. It was written by the Hieromonk Ioakeim in 1647. Some of the decorative initial letters are […]
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The dome over the south wing is the highest point in the monastery, and the first to catch the rays of the morning sun. The first rays of sunlight on the mountains to the north of the monastery. The mountains to the east of the monastery look like a monolithic face. But as the sun sets, shadows reveal that there is a ridge, with an intervening valley and mountains beyond. The hermitage of Saints Galakteon and Episteme is in the valley. It is said that when the Elder Paisios was living in […] |
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