(14 May 2025)
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Mount Athos, Greece – 13 April 2025
1. Monk using a mallet and plank while walking to summon monks to church service
2. Close of bell being rung with peak of Mount Athos seen in background
3. Monk ringing bell, calling monks to church service
4. Drone shot of Monastery of Simonos Petra, also known as Simonopetra — or Simon’s Rock
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Mount Athos, Greece – 14 April 2025
5. Close of cross on church dome
6. Pan of church service in progress
7. Pull focus from candle to icon of the Virgin Mary with Jesus as child
8. Various of monks chanting during service
9. SOUNDBITE (Greek) Archimandrite Eliseos, abbot of Simonos Petra Monastery: ++STARTS ON SHOT 2++
"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."
10. Various of monks leaving dining room after dinner
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Mount Athos, Greece – 13 April 2025
11. Wide exterior of Simonos Petra Monastery
12. Close of Father Serafeim lighting oil lamp
13. Serafeim preparing incense burner
14. Serafeim walking into room with lit incense burner, blessing skulls of deceased monks
15. SOUNDBITE (Greek) Father Serafeim, a Lebanese-Syrian who has lived in the monastery since 2010: ++STARTS ON SHOT 10++
"We truly have many fathers (monks) in the monastery, from at least 14 countries. That is very significant. 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."
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Mount Athos, Greece – 14 April 2025
16. Wide of Father Makarios in monastery library
17. Mid of book
18. Wide of Makarios taking seat in front of open book on library table
19. Makarios looking at image in book showing monastery as it looked in 1744
20. SOUNDBITE (Greek) Father Makarios, French monk who has been at the monastery for 46 years: ++STARTS ON SHOT 16++
"It just happened. It wasn’t part of a plan by the monastery or Elder Emilianos, the founder of the brotherhood. He had no such plan of bringing non-Greek monks (to the monastery). It attracted other people—either Orthodox from abroad or non-Orthodox who became Orthodox here. I myself became Orthodox here on Mount Athos."
21. Wide of Father Isaiah exiting building and walking toward crane
22. Various of Isaiah operating crane to transport monastery food supplies
23. Wide of Isaiah seen operating crane on monastery’s upper levels
24. SOUNDBITE (Greek) Father Isaiah, 50, Vietnamese-born monk of Chinese descent: ++STARTS ON SHOT 21 AND PARTIALLY OVERLAID BY SHOT 25++
"When someone comes here, they find themselves in a place where everyone is accepted, and that is something unique in the world. No one comes seeking wealth, glory, or honor. Nothing like that – but they feel deep within that the attention each person gives to another truly fulfills them on a deep level."
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Mount Athos, Greece – 13 April 2025
25. Various done shots of Simonos Petra Monastery
STORYLINE:
Rising from the rugged granite rock, its walls enclose a diverse Christian Orthodox community.
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