PHILOKALIA MINISTRIES

When Beauty Awakens the Hidden Desires of the Heart "Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity!" Psalm 133:1 This evening, just before the day slipped quietly into night, the telephone rang. It was the monastery. Then, one by one and yet somehow with a single heart, the monks began to sing. Their voices crossed mountains and valleys, entered this little house, and for a few precious moments the distance between us seemed to disappear. It was a simple bi