Met. Hilarion at Athonite Skete of St. Anne

I like this photo because it say to "church" to me in a way that large stained glass windows, the imposing cross on an apse wall, or rows of pews do to some people. I've been to little hermitages, huge cathedrals, and suburban parishes and the sight of an epitrachelion hanging from the iconostasis speaks to the living, breathing Church peopled by priests who serve all over the face of the earth.

(mospat.ru) - On October 27, 2010, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, led a pilgrims group of the Russian Orthodox Church to the Skete of St Anne on Holy Mount Athos./td>