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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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. […] Winter sunrise at Saint Catherine’s Monastery. Δόξα. Καὶ νῦν. Θεοτοκίον.Ἦχος α΄ Τὴν παγκόσμιον δόξαν, τὴν ἐξ ἀνθρώπων σπαρεῖσαν, καὶ τὸν Δεσπότην τεκοῦσαν, τὴν ἐπουράνιον πύλην, ὑμνήσωμεν Μαρίαν τὴν Παρθένον, τῶν Ἀσωμάτων τὸ ᾆσμα, καὶ τῶν πιστῶν τὸ ἐγκαλλώπισμα· αὕτη γὰρ ἀνεδείχθη οὐρανός, καὶ ναὸς τῆς Θεότητος· αὕτη τὸ μεσότοιχον τῆς ἔχθρας καθελοῦσα, εἰρήνην […] |
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