Originally uploaded by Jane Rubio.
The monastery of St. Elisha is a beautiful church carved into the side of a mountain. Back in the day, as the Christians were fleeing from some people who would persecute them (probably the Ottomans) , they would hide out in the mountains.
Here's a fun excerpt from the little explanatory sign in the chapel
¨at the bottom left, St. Elisha curses the children who made fun of his baldness and delivers them over to ferocious bears."
Hmmmm. I'm not going to ponder that one too much.
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