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PHOCIS 309
village near the site of the ancient Ambrysus, and
stopped at the inn for an hour's rest. While the
keeper cooked a piece of lamb for our lunch I sat
down in a room filled with men and boys. Taking
a Greek book from my pocket I got some of the
hoys to read patriotic selections, including the na-
tional hymn. Considering that I found these boys
ln a little mountain village they read remarkably
well. The road from Distomo offered easier grades,
and we reached St. Luke's about three o'clock.
The situation of the monastery is simply exquisite.
It is built on a mountain slope overlooking a fertile
valley. Green barley fields contrast with dark under-
brush, and here and there a grove of plives; beyond
are sloping foot-hills and grander mountains. The
birds were singing blithely, the sun was radiant, and
the whole landscape, a beautiful combination of curve
and color, seemed vivified by the germinating warmth
°f a May day. St. Luke's long held the titles of
The queen of the monasteries and the glory of
Hellas." It is dedicated not to the good physician
whose name is affixed to one of the Gospels, but to
a later Greek saint who distinguished himself by his
piety a thousand years ago and around whose tomb
the monastery was built. It contains two churches.
The larger one has suffered much from pillage, earth-
quake and decay, but some of the better mosaics
are still well preserved. There are forty-five monks
111 the monastery and thirty laborers. From their
olive groves and vineyards they derive a good income.
* was interested in the church, in the ground, in the
*legOHmc7ios, or prior, in the beautiful scenery, but
"lost of all in Basileios.
village near the site of the ancient Ambrysus, and
stopped at the inn for an hour's rest. While the
keeper cooked a piece of lamb for our lunch I sat
down in a room filled with men and boys. Taking
a Greek book from my pocket I got some of the
hoys to read patriotic selections, including the na-
tional hymn. Considering that I found these boys
ln a little mountain village they read remarkably
well. The road from Distomo offered easier grades,
and we reached St. Luke's about three o'clock.
The situation of the monastery is simply exquisite.
It is built on a mountain slope overlooking a fertile
valley. Green barley fields contrast with dark under-
brush, and here and there a grove of plives; beyond
are sloping foot-hills and grander mountains. The
birds were singing blithely, the sun was radiant, and
the whole landscape, a beautiful combination of curve
and color, seemed vivified by the germinating warmth
°f a May day. St. Luke's long held the titles of
The queen of the monasteries and the glory of
Hellas." It is dedicated not to the good physician
whose name is affixed to one of the Gospels, but to
a later Greek saint who distinguished himself by his
piety a thousand years ago and around whose tomb
the monastery was built. It contains two churches.
The larger one has suffered much from pillage, earth-
quake and decay, but some of the better mosaics
are still well preserved. There are forty-five monks
111 the monastery and thirty laborers. From their
olive groves and vineyards they derive a good income.
* was interested in the church, in the ground, in the
*legOHmc7ios, or prior, in the beautiful scenery, but
"lost of all in Basileios.