(see post below for the beginning of the story) ...It was a small circular building. Inside there were paintings that looked almost cartoonish that told Bible stories. The monastery is 600 years old and the paintings were 400. The paintings were very vivid images colored in blueand black tones stained over many years out of flowers. Our guide told us many stories about these paintings.
Next the Priest came out and did a special ceremony. It was a trip! They were four people performing the ceremony in their traditional dress. The priest blessed us, our rings, our family, and threw some holy water on our faces. He gave us biblical names Mine is Trinity and Ann's is Mary. The whole time he kept praying. It was really special. They said they had been praying since 8:30 am and would continue the rest of the day. After the ceremony was over we looked around, thanked him for the ceremony and took some pictures. He also took some pictures with us from on his cell phone. I was a little surprised he had a cell phone but I guess everyone's got one now.
We bought a couple souvenirs, then as we were leaving the priest invited us in his home for some injerra. It was cool and Max loved it. My folks were a little so-so on if they liked it or not as my dad has a "sensitive stomach".
We then took the boat back to the hotel Max drove it for a little while. Can you believe this is only part one of our first day adventure?
(see post below for the beginning of the story) ...It was a small circular building. Inside there were paintings that looked almost cartoonish that told Bible stories. The monastery is 600 years old and the paintings were 400. The paintings were very vivid images colored in blueand black tones stained over many years out of flowers. Our guide told us many stories about these paintings. 
Next the Priest came out and did a special ceremony. It was a trip! They were four people performing the ceremony in their traditional dress. The priest blessed us, our rings, our family, and threw some holy water on our faces. He gave us biblical names Mine is Trinity and Ann's is Mary. The whole time he kept praying. It was really special. They said they had been praying since 8:30 am and would continue the rest of the day. After the ceremony was over we looked around, thanked him for the ceremony and took some pictures. He also took some pictures with us from on his cell phone. I was a little surprised he had a cell phone but I guess everyone's got one now.
We bought a couple souvenirs, then as we were leaving the priest invited us in his home for some injerra. It was cool and Max loved it. My folks were a little so-so on if they liked it or not as my dad has a "sensitive stomach".
We then took the boat back to the hotel Max drove it for a little while. Can you believe this is only part one of our first day adventure?
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