The Virgin of the Sign

Visitors to www.cutsinger.net may be interested to know something about the Byzantine icon that can be seen in the header on the homepage. It was painted for Professor Cutsinger by Father Damian Higgins, a hieromonk and iconographer, and close personal friend. The...

Introducing Anamnesis

Anamnēsis (an · am′· nē · sis) n. [Gr. ἀνάμνησις remembering < ἀνά up, again + μιμνήσκειν to call to mind, attend] a recollective ascent or ascensional recollection *********************************** Welcome to Anamnēsis, the weblog of Dr James S. Cutsinger, an...

Pilgrimage to Mount Athos

For several years my son, Trevor, and I had discussed the possibility of making a pilgrimage to the Holy Mountain of Athos, the world’s only monastic republic, located on the easternmost peninsula of Halkidiki in northern Greece. Renowned for its natural beauty...