Story Time with Alvin Alexsi Currier

Date: 2010.02.18 | Category: Books, Orthodoxy | Tags:

On Wednesday evening, Alvin Alexsi Currier shared his book,
|How the Monastery Came to Be on the Top of the Mountain, with our church.

It is a beautiful tale of a village in Romania.
Alexsi Currier spoke with many people in the area of Lapus, Romania, to put together this book of how the Monastery of Rohia came to be at the top of their mountain.

The “story is obviously founded in fact, for it is filled with names and dates, and yet its majesty lies in that it is neither fact nor fiction.  Instead it flows, clear and innocent, from the wellsrping of faith hidden deep in the heart.  It is the flowering of the rich living spirituality of Romania, lovingly tended by the faithful and the more than three hundred monasteries of this Orthodox land.“

My children love this book and, since Wednesday evening, have asked me to read it to them many times.  The illustrations are vivid and perfect for both children and adults.  Our family highly recommends this book!