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    In the mid 20th century with the death of last monk hermitage closed. Yet the tradition of pilgrimage on the first Sunday after the Assumption of Mary never stopped. Church being too small for all the pilgrims - is there a better parable of gratitude than one of faith remaining where again desert is? by: brka Views[581] These glass castor cups hold half ton of parable of the hermitage's enlightenment role. Six men had to carry it on their backs from dawn till dusk so the pupils from neighboring villages could discover the beauty of music. by: brka Views[745] Is there a better parable of humbleness than miniature photograph hung on rough wall of the monk who from secluded monastery discovered new stars, calculated comet paths, corresponded with over hundred leading observatories and left behind largest astronomy library in Croatia? by: brka Views[546] When I arrived down the stairs to the cellar a lady tourist was drinking water from ordinary faucet curiously placed on the wall, maybe half meter from the floor. She continued the one-hour tour of monastery not knowing that few centuries ago that wall had enclosed a small cave turning it into cistern. Even few centuries before that the cave was first shelter in the desert for the hermitage founders. Is there a better parable of faith than that of water being where once desert was? by: brka Views[581]  

    Photos: My Photo scholarship 2011 entry

    Thursday, 3 Nov 2011 | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

     
    In 16th century two monks found shelter in small cave in remote dry Karst valley on the Croatian island of Brac. The area was so inhospitable that they named it "Pustinja Blaca" [pustinja=desert]. Through diligent work and sacrifice generations of monks ... Read more >
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