Spyridon Denaxas — or Father Spyridon, as he’s affectionately called — has prayed, worked and welcomed the faithful in a ...

Father Spyridon has prayed, worked and welcomed the faithful in a monastery carved into a cliffside high above the Aegean Sea ...

AMORGOS, Greece — For more than 50 years, Spyridon Denaxas — or Father Spyridon, as he’s affectionately called — has prayed, worked and welcomed the faithful in a millennium-old monastery ...

The daily rhythm hasn’t changed much since he joined the monastery straight out of high school in the summer ... shadowless climb up a stony path to the monastery. “The Virgin knows the ...

These extraordinary figures have graced this small monastery in Alchi, a hamlet high in the Indian Himalayas ... Alchi lies 10,500 feet up in the Indian Himalayas, nestled in a crook alongside ...

He’s now one of only two monks there, plus an assistant, 35-year-old ... after high school 20 years ago, but remembers visiting the monastery as a child and seeing Spyridon hurrying up and ...