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http://www.rferl.org/media/photogallery/25102766.html via @krijnpansters Georgian Monk Renews Tradition, Lives Atop Pillar www.rferl.org In an isolated part of the Caucasus, a monk is spending his days in prayer and silence atop a 40-meter pillar of limestone in western Georgia (near the town of Chiatura). The Katskhi Pillar was used by stylites -- Christian ascetics who lived atop pillars and eschewed worldly temptations -- until th...

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09/27/2013, 16:18

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09/22/2013, 15:54