Source: RT.com
June 2, 2016
This beautiful video presents a bird’s eye view of Mount Athos in Greece which is home to 20 monasteries and an important spiritual site for Orthodox Christians.
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His Holiness Patriarch Kirill’s homily delivered after thanksgiving at Russian Monastery of St. Panteleimon on Mt. Athos
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill’s homily delivered after thanksgiving at Russian Monastery of St. Panteleimon on Mt. Athos"I remember well my first visit, my first pilgrimage to Athos in 1971. Seven monks were here at the time. When we went to the church there was no electricity, it was dark and we had a feeling that no one was around. It was only when I reached the entrance to the church and saw icon-lamps burning and several hunch-backed Russian monks that I realized that our people were here and our Church was present here, and that the number of people was not the main thing. My heart was filled with joy, for in this little flock I saw the glorious future of our abode."
Athos and Russia: Byzantine Symphony on the Holy Mountain
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