The relics of Elder Aimilianos of Simonopetra are kept at the Holy Monastery of the Annunciation in Ormylia, and the grave of Saint Paisios of Mount Athos is in Souroti, at the Holy Monastery of St. John the Theologian.

Today my friend and sister in Christ who is also a tour guide drove us to both of these holy sites, where I received great blessings that I don’t feel capable of a expressing in a worthy way.

I’d been looking forward to this visit for nearly a year, and praying that God would make it happen, that He would prevent all the things that could go wrong and change my plans. And He did.

For now I’m only going to post a few photos from the monasteries; if ever you are interested when I get a chance to talk to you in person, I will try to tell you specifics about things that happened, people I talked to, and what I learned. Until then, I mostly wanted you to know that I made my pilgrimage there, glory to God.