Optina Monastery is an Eastern Orthodox refuge in Kozelsk, Russia. The monks who live there follow the rituals of their spiritual ancestors, including a daily procession of blessings. Father Sergey Kuzmich walks the grounds, giving blessings to the monks. And the cats. The monastery has become home to ten stray cats who found shelter there in return for their pest control services. The cats follow Kuzmich as he does his daily procession.
Kuzmich doesn’t call the cats, but he manages to give them a blessing along the way. The walk just became a habit for them. The monastery found it charming, and made a video to show “something simple and kind.” -via Buzzfeed
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A more varied donation display would have been more useful, but wouldn't have looked as pretty.
@Justin
Can't tell who you're rolling your eyes at... Maybe food banks where you live would be annoyed to get a couple of pallates of the same thing, but the food banks where I'm at would love to have anything. There are times of the year where they don't have enough for everyone who needs it.