I walked through the grounds
and various chapels of
St. Anthony's
Greek Orthodox Monastery
while in Arizona.
The skies are cloudless and so blue!
Inside the main gate is St. Anthony's Church.
On a hilltop St. Elijah Chapel is out of bounds
to visitors.
In the summer of 1995 six monks from Greece arrived
in the Arizona desert to establish St. Anthony's Monastery.
St. Nicholas Chapel
with exquisite mosaic type architecture called
"Byzantine"!
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Sky watchers, I am on route back home to
Canada after a winter hiatus in Arizona.
Have been on the road driving 4 days and arrived
in Indianapolis, Indiana. Tomorrow we head for
Michigan and then cross the border into Canada.
Photographs are a wonderful tangible reminder of a
time and place we've been however as they say:
"there is no place like home!"
Nature boy and my fur babies agree.
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Arrived home Thursday. Temps are single digit
9 Celsius = 40F.Brrrrr!
Spring where are you!!!
In Phoenix the temps today are triple digit..
103 F. ..that's hot hot hot!
I'm sure the skies are as blue as above images.
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Arrived home Thursday. Temps are single digit
9 Celsius = 40F.Brrrrr!
Spring where are you!!!
In Phoenix the temps today are triple digit..
103 F. ..that's hot hot hot!
I'm sure the skies are as blue as above images.
19 comments:
Beautiful pictures!
Have a good and safe trip home, hugs, Monika
Your trip looks fantastic!I love these fascinating chapels,especially beacause you can feel peace,much peace in your heart.I hope you felt and you will bring it with you.
Great photos Anna.
Welcome home to the Great White North. Hopefully there will be no more 'white' for many months.
♥
I love how blue the skies are in Arizona.
Hope you trip continues to go well.
Beautiful photos!
Have a safe trip home.
I love the bright colours of the buildings. Even the terra cotta roof tiles are bright.
Great tour of the monastery!! Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.
Great shots.
Sydney - City and Suburbs
The monastery is very pretty. Great shots. Lovely skies, thanks for sharing.
Beautiful shots, that's a great-looking monastery. I'll take snow over 103 degrees any day!
lovely pictures...glad you are home safe and sound..
Hi Anna, so nice for you to document your travel back to the North. Every State has its charm.
Very envious of the cactus, adapted well in the desert.
Love the contrasting bright red on the first chapel.
Have a safe trip home.
Captured perfectly, so beautiful!
My Sky shot, have a great weekend!
Wow such beautiful place. Love visiting monasteries it's peaceful and quite. ^_^
SWF
Lovely stops along your trip home! Thanks for a glimpse of the beautiful Byzantine buildings.
Glad you're home :O)
Oh the St Nicolas chapel is lovely! Thanks for sharing!
Looking back thru your posts I see you have indeed been having quite an adventure!
Your pictures are wonderful!
XO, Cat
Arizona does provide lots of interesting photo opps, hope your trip was pleasant and spring is not too far around the corner for you, have a great weekend
Oh wow, this looks like a really interesting place to visit. Love to hear more about it when we see you. Hugs, TWT
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