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The Man Who Never Laid Eyes on a Woman
A Greek legend tells us about a Greek orthodox monk named Michael Tolotos who never saw a woman in his whole life. Shocking right?
But still, it is true. The story of Michael Tolotos reaches us through a legend on which we have no skepticism.
This legend is as true and right as other legends that came to us from days of yore.
Michael Tolotos lived 82 years of life but never had sight of a single woman during this time frame. Moreover, Michael Tolotos lived these 82 years of his life in Mount Athos never trying to escape it.
The Monk Who Never Saw A Women
Ever imagined what the life of a person looked like living inside the four corners of a sanctuary? It is inevitable, strange in solitude, and far more different and difficult than the life of people living outside of the monastic world.
He had no longing to know about the world that lay outside of Mount Athos. Mount Athos meant the world to him because he had spent his infancy to the senior age here…
