Skete of Saint Demetrios: a view of a typical monastic settlement on Mount Athos
View of a typical monastic settlement on Mount Athos.
It is hidden away in a dense forest, in a peaceful area conducive to prayer and spiritual development. A person must live like an exile from this world in order to… advance spiritually. And what characterizes a spiritual exile? Modest behavior, a reserved wisdom, unrecognized prudence, invisible good intentions, unseen prayer and meditation, acceptance of humiliations, an embracing of hardships, a consistent determination to love God, an abundance of charity, renunciation of vainglory, and a profound desire to keep silent.
Based on Saint John of the Ladder
In the photo, a view of the Skete of Saint Demetrios, which was originally built by descendants of the saint around the ninth century. Initially it was a small monastery called the Monastery of Chalcheos. Seven or eight hundred years later it became what it is today – the Skete of Saint Demetrios.
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Ovidiu hoszko
Congratulation for repaires made, by the Holly Vatopaidi Monastery team under the rule of Abbot Ephraim.It îs a verry special areas around the Holly Vatopaidi Monastery .
Orthodox
Thank you very much for sharing with people this divine wisdom. It helps people a lot to increase their spiritual level and make life easier for them.
God bless you all!
Shqip - Albanian language
Sketa e Shen Dhimitrit: nje pamje e nje vendbanimi murgjerish ne
Malin e Shenjte
Sketa e Shen Dhimitrit duket si e fshehur larg ne nje pyll te dendur, ne nje hapesire te qete e te favorshme per t’u lutur dhe per t’u zhvilluar shpirterisht. Nje person duhet te jetoje si nje i merguar nga kjo bote ne menyre qe… te perparoje shpirterisht. Cfare e karakterizon nje mergim shpirteror te njeriut? Sjellja modeste; mencuria e rezervuar (te mendohesh mire para se te veprosh); largpamesia/kujdesi ne marrjen e vendimeve duke konsideruar pasojat qe mund te sjelle cdo vendim i marre dhe pa kerkuar qe te tjeret te ta njohin meriten e kujdesit te treguar; qellimet e mira per njerezit edhe pse te anjohura/te padukshme nga te tjeret; lutjet dhe meditimet larg syve te njerezve; pranimi i poshterimeve nga te tjeret; pajtimi me veshtiresite e tilla si varferia, vuajtja, mundimi apo mjerimi; vendosmeria e vazhdueshme per ta dashur dhe per ta zbatuar Fjalen e Zotit; bamiresia e madhe per njerezit ne nevoje; heqja dore nga mburrja dhe krenaria per arritjet e realizuara; dhe nje deshire e thelle per te qendruar ne heshtje.
Bazuar ne theniet e Shen Joanit te Ladder-it
Ne fotografi paraqitet nje pamje e Sketes se shen Dhimitrit, e cila eshte ndertuar fillimisht rreth shekullit te IX prej pasuesve te Shenjtit. Ne fillim eshte ndertuar nje manastir i vogel i quajtur Manastiri i Chalcheos. Shtate apo tete shekuj me vone ndertesa u rikonstruktua dhe mori pamjen qe ka edhe sot – Sketa e Shen Dhimitrit.