UNIVERSITY OF BALAMAND
ST JOHN OF DAMASCUS INSTITUTE OF THEOLOGY
ANNUAL SUMMER TRIP TO GREECE - 2002
Every year, students from St. John of Damascus Institute of Theology visit Greece during the summer to study Greek and visit the holy Christian shrines and monasteries, especially Mount Athos. This year, the students resided at the Monastery in Pendeli, near Athens, where they took for almost two months an intensive Greek course. Below are some pictures that describe their journey.
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| Feast of the Holy Transfiguration: The Balamand Choir with His Beatitude Christodoulos, Archbishop of Athens and All Greece
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The Balamand Students in Pendeli with His Beatitude Christodoulos, Archbishop of Athens and All Greece |
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| The Choir of St. John of Damascus Institute of Theology chanting in the Service presided by His Eminence Bishop John Thermopilon
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Feast of the Dormition with His Eminence Bishop John Thermopilon, Abbot of the Pendeli Monastery |
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| Honoring the Teachers of Greek Language at the Pendeli Monastery
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A Group picture with His Eminence Bishop John Thermopilon in the Monastery of Pendeli |
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| In Ormylia, with Bishop John of Balamand
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In the Holy Annunciation Convent, Thiva |
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| Balamand Choir Chanting at the Gregoriou Monastery - Mount Athos | With a Monk in the Simono Petra Monastery - Mount Athos
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| A Pastoral Tour in the Archdiocese of Thiva, with Metropolitan Ironimos of Thiva, and Archimandrite George Abbot of the Monastery of the Righteous Luke, and Bishop John of Balamand |
With Metropolitan Kalinikos of of Piraeos |
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| Bishop John of Balamand presents a gift to Metropolitan Ironimos. Sitting to the left is the Abbess of the Monastery of Jerusalem |
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| With Bishops Ironimos of Thiva, Nicolaos of Vetiotidos, and John of Balamand | |
