“Instead of seeing pilgrims at monasteries working, walking about quietly or sitting with a spiritual book, the sight all too often includes visitors with a cell phone at their ear or using some kind of electronic device, taking a myriad of photos or insisting on showing photos from their devices to other visitors and even the monastics themselves. This electronic connection seems to defeat the notion of seeking the peaceful environment to which they have come for a few hours or days.”
(Protection of the Holy Virgin Orthodox Monastery, ‘The Veil’)
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