Father Justin's Blog

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 […]

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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