Hermit Monk Tapestries

Hermit monk on pilgrimage: Pilgrim of Christ Jesus! What would be the best reason for anyone to leave wealth and power behind? Could you follow a unique path and answer the call of your faith? Have you at some point in your life given up some material possession for the well-being of your soul?

Hermit monk on pilgrimage: Pilgrim of Christ Jesus! What would be the best reason for anyone to leave wealth and power behind? Could you follow a unique path and answer the call of your faith? Have you at some point in your life given up some material possession for the well-being of your soul?

The Hermit cover from the May 2023 issue

Majestic scenery from Grotta di Soffiano at Eremo di Soffiano near Sarnano in the Sibillini Mountains, the imposing rockface from the hermitage's cave showing its rugged complexion and a manger scene

The primitive structures present in 2016 were built this century; the hermitage included burials and, likely, wooden structures as rooms

The Hermitage of Soffiano consists of structures, mainly a wall, underneath a rockface in the mountains outside of Sarnano, Marche, Italy

Not all loneliness is bad... there are people who make loneliness their particular wisdom. The solitude of this hermit monk who lives inside the trunk of a dense tree is the solitude of the strong; They are special people whose belief in the divine makes them indifferent to material goods or affective needs of any kind.