What Do Monks and Mountain Climbers Have in Common?
- Search for the heights, be it a spiritual journey or
a physical challenge. Reliance on God through the help of others, who are at
the other end of the safety rope ... Desire to test one's limits and go beyond
them, assisted by divine grace. To conquer oneself, go to the top of the world
and be completely humbled by the grandeur and mystery. And, of course, to bring
this mystery, this treasure back from those heights - to share with loved ones
- and with all people...
Below are some more unique pictures of the recent
"elevation of the Cross" on top of the bell tower of Saint
Catherine's Monastery that were generously provided by Michael, the mountain
climber from Russia.
He and his family live on the Sinai coast of the Red
Sea. They are a part of the Russian community there and good friends of the
Monastery.
(For more pictures of this event, please, see
Michael's comment on the previous post)
The ornate Monastery bell tower itself dates back to
the 1870s and has nine Russian bells donated by the Russian Emperor Alexander
II for its construction. The sound of the bells can be heard throughout the
peaceful valley early in the morning, ringing the glory of God at the Great
Doxology to announce the daily Divine Liturgy at the Monastery, as well as at
night on the feast days, celebrated with the all night Vigil.
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