The inlaid floor of the bema at Sinai, made from Proconessian marble and other hardstones, lit by the light of a single candle.
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The last rays of sunlight rest on the dome over the library building. Below, the sun also shines on the Chapel of Saint Anthony the Great.
There is a small ledge up in the mountains from where you can see the whole valley, and far below, Saint Catherine’s Monastery, looking almost like a postage stamp in the distance.
When high winds on the coast create dust on the horizon, the sun rises lemon yellow.
῍Ω θείας! ὢ φίλης! ὢ γλυκυτάτης σου φωνῆς! μεθ’ ἡμῶν ἀψευδῶς γάρ, ἐπηγγείλω, ἔσεσθαι, μέχρι τερμάτων αἰῶνος Χριστέ· ἣν οἱ πιστοί, ἄγκυραν ἐλπίδος, κατέχοντες ἀγαλλόμεθα. O Thy divine and beloved and most sweet voice; Thou hast truly promised that Thou wouldst be with us unto the end of the world, O Christ; and we faithful rejoice, having this as an anchor of hope. From the Ninth Ode of Paschal Matins The last sunlight ebbs from the oldest kellia in the monastery as another day draws to a close.
The first moment of sunrise from the Steps of Repentance.
A salmon pink light on the horizon heralds the arrival of a new day.
The Chapel of the Prophet Elijah as the shadows gather at the end of the day.
While I was at the chapel of the Prophet Elijah, a cat came by. A little bird on the roof of the chapel sounded the alarm for all the other birds that the cat was here. After basking in the warm sand for a while, the cat left to continue its patrol of the area. Perhaps today it would find a dove with it guard down for just a moment. How wonderful that would be.
The double church of the Prophet Elisha and the Prophet Elijah at noonday.
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