
A tiny chapel on the top of a green hill.
White.
A courtyard.
Cypress trees.
Silence.
A magnificently simple dinner.
After visiting the church, we are welcomed to feast on the monastery delicacies of Gomati.
Local fermented bread, Gomati olives – Halkidiki brand, tomatoes collected from the local gardens dipped in local olive oil, fresh onion, homemade pie with thin leaves and wild herbs and tsipouro produced in Pasxalas distrilery.
The smell of the mountain in the air.
An uncharted haunt for pilgrims.
The humble food of pilgrimages is the memory of Greece.
It is the occasion to be familiar with the country.