Pilgrimage to Spruce Island, Alaska » Saint Nilus Skete  (31 Slides)     [Page 1 of 3] :: Jump To  
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1-096 * The Cross at the main beach on St. Nilus Island.
1-097 * A lovely garden just off the main beach.
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1-099 * St. Nilus of Sora Chapel, built by the fathers of St. Michael's Skete in the tradition of monastic churches in the Northern Thebaid of Russia.
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1-102 * The door into St. Nilus of Sora Chapel.
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1-108 * Walking along the planked path to the convent's main house and trapeza. Like St. Michael's Skete, the convent has no telephone and limited electricity from solar and wind power.
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1-110 * The Trapeza and main ?gathering place? for pilgrims on St. Nilus island, on which is located St. Nilus Skete. This is a women's monastery, a dependency of New Valaam Monastery (as is the men's Skete of St. Michael).
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