Two news items from our Greek fellow blogger (the Keliotes-site):
First of all: Father Epifanios from Mylopotamos decided to translate his famous cookbook into English and Russian.
Father Epifanios cooking
The English version will be published within a few days, the Russain will follow later on.
Secondly: On thursday the 1st of July mr Joeri Louskof, the mayor of Moscow, and mr Mouratov, a member of the Russian gouvernment, decided in a meeting with an Athos delegation and the Patriarch of Moscow Cyril to renovate the Old Roussikon, the Palio Monastirion, that we visited last year (picture: see plan below the building on the right).
That is good news, because the buildings are in a deplorable state, although this church below is not in a bad condition(see plan below, the middle building).
On the other hand the news of a coming renovation gives me mií feelings, because the old and deserted buildings on Athos also give a special sence of time and that all things are transient.
Two cats near the building with cells (on the left on the plan).
Plan of the three main buildings of Palio Monastirion
Wim Voogd, 5/7
