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Mount Athos, Greece – 13 April 2025
1. Various of monk using mallet and plank while walking to summon monks to church service
2. Close of bell being rung with peak of Mount Athos in background
3. Monk ringing bell, calling monks to church service
4. Various drone shots of Monastery of Simonos Petra, also known as Simonopetra or Simon’s Rock ++MUTE++
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Mount Athos, Greece – 14 April 2025
5. Pan of church service
6. Pull focus from candle to icon of the Virgin Mary with Jesus as child
7. Various of monks chanting during service
8. Wide of monk using incense burner during service
9. Close of incense burner
10. Wide of monks during service
11. Archimandrite Eliseos, Abbot of Simonos Petra Monastery, kissing icons
12. Pull focus from oil lamp to icon
13. SOUNDBITE (Greek) Archimandrite Eliseos, Abbot of Simonos Petra Monastery:
"Spiritually, there are no (borders), because, as you know, the Holy Mountain has an ecumenical nature which it received – it received this mindset let’s say – this ecumenical spirit from the Byzantine Empire itself. Don’t we say that Byzantium was a commonwealth? It was a commonwealth in which peoples lived together in the same faith. But there were not only people from the same faith. There were also some who were not Christians, but they still managed to create a commonwealth. Mount Athos received this and continues it to this day."
14. Pan of church interior to show icons and chandeliers
15. Wide of Eliseos during service
16. Candle in front of icon of Jesus
17. SOUNDBITE (Greek) Archimandrite Eliseos, Abbot of Simonos Petra Monastery:
"These people who had quests and came from various pursuits and paths from wherever they started, whether it was from Europe or Asia, they set out and had their own searches. But here they saw, or rather they felt, true life. So this covers their needs. This fills them. This gives them perspective. Above all, this gives them joy. Because this is, let me put it this way, a mission. It is the conclusion of life: joy."
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Mount Athos, Greece – 13 April 2025
18. Wide of Simonos Petra Monastery
19. Tilt up to monastery balconies
20. People on balcony near bell
21. Cross seen on church dome
22. Top shot of Father Serafeim walking down steps before entering ossuary
23. Close of Serafeim lighting oil lamp
24. Serafeim preparing incense burner
25. Serafeim walking into room with lit incense burner, blessing skulls of deceased monks
26. Close of iconography
27. SOUNDBITE (Greek) Father Serafeim, a Lebanese-Syrian who has lived in the monastery since 2010:
"We truly have many fathers (monks) in the monastery, from at least 14 countries. That is very significant. The spirit of Elder Emilianos (the former abbot of the monastery) and of the current elder, Eliseos, played a very important role. Naturally they have great love for everyone, and they also warmly embrace foreigners. You don’t feel that you’re a stranger. From the start you feel that you’re an equal member of the brotherhood. This spirit, the open spirit of the elder, attracted many souls who were searching for a genuine, emphatic meaning of life."
28. Drone shot of Simonos Petra Monastery ++MUTE++
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Mount Athos, Greece – 14 April 2025
29. Wide of Father Makarios in monastery library
30. Mid of book
31. Makarios taking seat in front of open book on library table
32. Makarios looking at image in book showing monastery as it looked in 1744
33. SOUNDBITE (Greek) Father Makarios, French monk who has been at the monastery for 46 years:
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