The kelli of Father Daniel photographed in the morning sunlight.
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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. […] |
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