Унікальне подарункове видання «Таємниці монастирів»

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Once I heard a wonderful question, “Do you have

anything worth telling God?” At ¬rst, I thought

about sins and repentance, but the question turned

out to be about something entirely di£erent. “And

what if God wishes to ask you about Earth, what

will you tell Him?” ¢en I realized. ¢e question is

about what we have accomplished, or where we

have been repeating, “¢at is something for me to

remember.” It is about what the distinguished

writer Ernest Hemingway called ‘the holiday, which

is always with you’. About our experiences, our

memories. For me, it is our travels with the

editorial team about the holy places. Each of those

places has le their mark on me, be it good or bad,

warm or cold, but it is a mark. ¢is project has

made each member of our team a little bit di£erent,

even changed someone’s entire life. Changed for the

better. We have become calmer, more con¬dent.

When we meet, we can simply sit there together in

silence, not because we have nothing to say to each

other, but because we have something to be silent

about together, feeling let in on a universal secret,

which has been revealed to us and makes us

happier. ¢is is what I wish to all our readers who

will decide to follow in our footsteps and visit the

places we have been to, the places that have been

¬lled with prayer for many a century.

Although, of course, visiting prayerful places is

only one step to self-improvement. My spiritual

teacher once told me that you need to have

a prayerful heart, which is up to each person to

accomplish individually. Holy places do not make

us holy, but they teach us to make ourselves better

on our way to God. Of course, I will also let you in

on one more secret mentioned in my stories.

When you come to a monastery, knowing nothing

about it, look for… a stalker rather than a map.

Look for someone who knows everything about

this place, whose words can make the silent

monastery walls come alive. This is the hardest

endeavor, therefore, to find a person like that —

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