Sunday, August 5, 2012

First hike to St. Hariton Monastery



 Our visit to the monastery of St. Hariton began with a hike along a spectacular trail between two cliffs.  The monastery is cut into a cliff, and one monk lives there, Fr. Hariton.   There use to be 1,000 monks living living there and now there is one.  After praying in the cave chapel and church we swam in a mountain stream. 




The Church

Fr. Hariton

Climbing up to the cave chapel

the cave chapel     





the church
Swimming in the creek
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