Written and directed by Argyris Liapis, “Athos, the World’s Brightest Peak,” follows three Athonite monks who share their thoughts about faith, monasticism, their decision to becomes monks, their lives on Mt. Athos, the monastic community, and visitors to the Holy Mountain.
Hannu Pöyhönen
Western rationalism, which contradicts the human need for mystical experience, has served as a “fertile soil” here.
James George Jatras
James George Jatras is a specialist in international relations, government affairs, and legislative politics. Before entering the private sector he served for many years (1985-2002) as a policy adviser and analyst for the Republican leadership in the U.S. Senate; before that (1979- 1985), he was a U.S. Foreign Service Officer with the U.S. Department of State, with service in Mexico and in Soviet affairs and public diplomacy.
To celebrate his victory in Kazan, Ivan the Terrible, Tsar of Russia, ordered an impressive cathedral to be built in Moscow's Red Square. The Cathedral of the Intercession of the Virgin, better known as Saint-Basil-the-Blessed, is a masterpiece of Orthodox architecture. Its multi-coloured bulbs have become the emblem of Orthodox Russia and it is one of the most visited monuments in Moscow.
Pavel Darovsky
Today the time has come to reconsider our relations with Catholicism. With whom do we need to have a dialogue with if the liberal “post-Christian” wing of the Roman Catholic Church is taking the lead in it, driving and defining its teaching?