tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post8326512564356102826..comments2024-03-22T11:37:52.668-05:00Comments on Byzantine, Texas: Behind the Monastery WallsByzantine, TXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17845681957622343484noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-58201234263285834182015-09-29T06:38:32.475-05:002015-09-29T06:38:32.475-05:00I really liked this documentary. I thought the dia...I really liked this documentary. I thought the dialogue captured in the documentary was very spiritually rich while being simple and applicable. I especially liked it when one nun said that if she were born one thousand times she would make the same choice each time and choose the monastic life. What a beautiful testament to the angelic life! <br /><br />Thank you for sharing it. matushka constantinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07986331806152095715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-88473788548113439712015-09-22T15:47:49.539-05:002015-09-22T15:47:49.539-05:00Two quick comments, as I started watching. First, ...Two quick comments, as I started watching. First, the director, producer, and narrator is a woman (Brindusa Ioana Nastasa, from the end credits to which I jumped to check), thus a she and not a he. <br /><br />Second, even though the translation is part of the movie itself (not third party), it occasionally leaves something to be desired - as, for example, when one of the nuns refers to the spiritual life as a struggle using the word 'frumoasa.' Although that literally means 'beautiful,' it is translated as 'pleasant' and I think that misses something (I can see the beauty of the struggle, but, at least for me in my sinfulness, it is certainly not always pleasant).<br /><br />Fr. PeterAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12369242871182940563noreply@blogger.com