SYRIA: Monastery of the Dormition

This is the tenth in a 15-part series of pics from Syria.

First — Second — Third — Fourth — Fifth — Sixth — Seventh — Eighth — Ninth — Tenth — Eleventh — Twelfth — Thirteenth — Fourteenth — Fifteenth.

My handlers friends: (L-R: Samer, Nour, Alfred, George, Zeina & Zeina).

They’d hired a van & driver and we were headed …

There.

I‘m not sure, but let’s say this is a shot looking back toward the spot where the previous pic was taken.

Now, to get our exercise …

Looking back …

And up the hill toward the temple at the women’s Monastery of the Dormition of the Theotokos.

That’s Sister Anastasia, our “tour guide”.

An image of our intercessor …

An image of our God …

An “image” of the cloistered courtyard …

Then, down the other side of the hill toward …

The gardens.

…

What’s in those greenhouses?

Not much, it would seem …

Then again, it depends on which one you look in. The nuns grow flowers for their “industry” and when one greenhouse is blooming, another is just sprouting …

Beautiful.

After Great Vespers, time to head back down the mountain …

Where Samer spotted, in the distance …

The sun setting over the Mediterranean …

Thanks God, back at the hotel, there was enough light left to help dry Saturday night’s laundry!

Next: Hiearchical Liturgy at St Michael Church, Latakia … etc.

Podcast – “The Blindside” (in Syria); Article – Antiochian website