Mount Athos: Where Heaven Rests on Earth’s Back
Personal reminiscences of a pilgrimage towards spiritual awakening through the monastic enclave sometimes called the Holy Garden of the Virgin.
Personal reminiscences of a pilgrimage towards spiritual awakening through the monastic enclave sometimes called the Holy Garden of the Virgin.
In 1972, a Boston University anthropologist went to Ammouliani, a fishing village beneath Mt Athos, to spend 16 months with a Greek community transplanted from Asia Minor. A very special relationship and book resulted.