06/04/2026
I’m in Belgrade at the St. Sava Cathedral and the most precious relic of the Mother of God - Her Belt - is visiting from the Holy Monastery of Vatopedi on Mt Athos. It hasn’t been here for 600 years. This is day 12 and each day people in the tens of thousands line up for miles (literally) and wait 10 hrs in the sun to be able to venerate it - kids, parents, grandparents - extremely moving to see such devotion. What would an American spend 10hrs standing to see? Rock concerts? A NBA finals game? It is incredible.