We got off the boat on the island of Mykonos. It was definitely a wonderful setting. Many other smaller islands were visible all around. The stark white homes on the hill sides were beautiful.

We had Mass at the only Catholic Church on the island. The local priest explained that the Greek Orthodox communities didn’t really get along with the few Catholics on these islands but expressed hope that things would improve.

We walked along the streets on the waterfront and then drove to a Greek Orthodox Monastery in the hills. The Church in the monastery was very different. The monk explained to us that their churches didn’t have statues because they were banned in reaction to the pagan statues of the existent culture when Christianity was introduced.

There were about 900 small “churches” on the island. Most of these these Greek Orthodox structures were small and privately owned. Families relocate the bones of their family members to these “churches”. Every year, families would gather and celebrate the lives lived by the family members.  On Mykonos, these structures tended to have brown and white roofs where other Greek settlements had more blue domes.

Mykonos, Greece

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