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Meteora is an interesting place, rather like Capadoccia in Turkey (on which see a later post on this blog). Only instead of Christians being under ground, at Meteora they are up in the air, on top of cliffs in monasteries. One of the things Meteora is famous for is its artisan workshops where icons are…

There are not many features films made in Russia these days, but one that is both outstanding and heavily nominated for awards is ‘The Last Station’, the story about the end of Leo Tolstoy’s life. Yes of course the movie is in English, and since it is coming out on DVD next week,  now is…

Without question, the oracle at Delphi was the most famous prophet or prophetess in all the Greco-Roman world. Most ancient’s views on prophecy were shaped by what went on at prophetic sites like this one seen above (the Temple of Apollo where the pythia sat on her three legged stool and prophecied).   Delphi had become…

CHAPTER THIRTY SIX: RISING TO THE OCCASION Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Miryam of Migdal, accompanied by several other Galilean women, went to the tomb of Jesus and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance. She came running all the way down the Hinnom…
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