Summary
Pavle Rak: Approaching Athos
A lot could be said about what Mount Athos is without revealing the depth of its heart. Not a single book, not even entire libraries, can express it, nor can it be explored to the bottom even with longer repeated stays. The first visit is usually not much more than a vague delight in the beauty of everything we meet: the sky, the rocks and the sea, the churches and their treasures, the cheerful faces of the monks. With the second and every further visit, we discover what we don't know about Mount Athos, what treasures remained closed to us until then...
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