The documentary series “Lightful Paths” is a journey to the most important religious destinations in Greece and abroad. The destinations abroad concern places and monasteries associated with Greek Orthodoxy and constitute important religious monuments. The purpose of this series is to highlight the ecclesiastical and monastic heritage, which is an integral part of the cultural life of our country. More specifically, viewers are allowed to become acquainted with historical facts about each monastery, as well as the spiritual wealth preserved in the libraries or the museums of the holy monasteries. All forms of ecclesiastical art are also highlighted: such as iconographic representations of saints, wood carving, mosaics, and the construction of churches. Moreover, aspects of the monks’ daily life are presented to the extent possible.

The Holy Monastery of Sinai is a Greek-Orthodox Christian monastic center with an uninterrupted spiritual life, which was founded seventeen centuries ago. It is located in the very place where Moses had the vision of the Burning Bush, at the foot of Mount Sinai, from which God gave Moses the 10 Commandments.
Ascetic life in the heart of the desert of the Sinai peninsula begins at the end of the 3rd century. More than 170 prominent Sinai saints led an ascetic life in the monastery and were sanctified all these centuries.