The Station: Athos: Treasures and Men

Follows three young men’s 1927 journey through Mount Athos, exploring monasteries, Greek Orthodoxy, and Byzantine culture.

The Station follows three high—spirited young men as they visit twenty monasteries on Mount Athos in 1927. They examine treasures, photograph frescoes and sketch the courtyards and those who live in them. They swim ecstatically off the sparkling, deserted beaches, climb mountains, talk and share meals with monks and transcribe these conversations with relish. For life is...