MONT St MICHEL... THE MONKS.
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I am sitting, contemplating and also cooling down, it is a bit fresher here.
Bit by bit more activity, more people gathering, something is afoot, you can sense it.
More nuns arrive and follow the same ritual as the first, a few more monks, they are the oldest.
The older ones carrying a small stool, that could disappear under the cape.
They are too old to kneel, he is allowed to sit.
A gold leafed book was carried in and put on a lectern, the light from the windows falls on the few ‘decorations’ in this church, (as most of it was lost over all the years for many reasons), the small, delicate cross and the top edge of the missal.
They belong to "Monastic Community of Jerusalem".
I do not know what precisely is going on, however it is interesting.
It is a magic moment, as they all sit in deep prayer.
I am not a religious person; I respect the religions and their followers.
So here I sit, this cannot leave one indifferent, I find it emotional and almost ‘envy’ them for their belief, their apparent peace, their silent devotion and commitment.
I dare not move to take shots from a different angle, my camera, otherwise so quiet, now seems to go off with a huge ‘clack’ whenever I push the shutter.
THANK YOU, M, (*_*)
For more: www.indigo2photography.com
Please do not use this image on websites, blogs or any other media without my explicit permission. © All rights reserved
Mont-Saint-Michel, France, Church, gothic, pillars, people, nuns, habit, monks, kneeling, seated, church, worship, architecture, colour,"Monastic Community of Jerusalem" , Normandy, NikonD200, "magda indigo"
MONT St MICHEL... THE MONKS.
#AbFav_PHOTOSTORY
#AbFav_INSIDE
I am sitting, contemplating and also cooling down, it is a bit fresher here.
Bit by bit more activity, more people gathering, something is afoot, you can sense it.
More nuns arrive and follow the same ritual as the first, a few more monks, they are the oldest.
The older ones carrying a small stool, that could disappear under the cape.
They are too old to kneel, he is allowed to sit.
A gold leafed book was carried in and put on a lectern, the light from the windows falls on the few ‘decorations’ in this church, (as most of it was lost over all the years for many reasons), the small, delicate cross and the top edge of the missal.
They belong to "Monastic Community of Jerusalem".
I do not know what precisely is going on, however it is interesting.
It is a magic moment, as they all sit in deep prayer.
I am not a religious person; I respect the religions and their followers.
So here I sit, this cannot leave one indifferent, I find it emotional and almost ‘envy’ them for their belief, their apparent peace, their silent devotion and commitment.
I dare not move to take shots from a different angle, my camera, otherwise so quiet, now seems to go off with a huge ‘clack’ whenever I push the shutter.
THANK YOU, M, (*_*)
For more: www.indigo2photography.com
Please do not use this image on websites, blogs or any other media without my explicit permission. © All rights reserved
Mont-Saint-Michel, France, Church, gothic, pillars, people, nuns, habit, monks, kneeling, seated, church, worship, architecture, colour,"Monastic Community of Jerusalem" , Normandy, NikonD200, "magda indigo"