Monastery of Kremasta

The Feminine Thread.....

High in the hills of Crete sits the Monastary of Kremasta a place that, after the Second World War , was left to fall in ruin. One local nun refused to let that happen. With no formal training, only faith and determination, she began to repair and restore the monastery stone by stone. Over time, local conservation groups and the community rallied around her, and today five nuns remain there . They paint holy icons, embroider linens gather herbs from the mountainside to make creams, oils and liqueurs...

For me this is conservation in its purest form, not grand or curated, but humble, heartfelt and alive....

Its The Feminine Thread in action, the instinct to nurture and to hold beauty in a Place to serve future generations. Experiences like this continue to shape and inform my understanding and authorship of The Feminine Thread, how heritage lives through people and place as something innate, intuitive and profoundly human.

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