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Speaker 1: In this episode, we'll embark on a soul soothing journey
Speaker 1: with Ponos as he discovers the ancient wisdom of inner
Speaker 1: peace in the tranquility of a Greek monastery.
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Speaker 4: Tomna so tiki to irini, metap and approsa to cardiacoepisodio
Speaker 4: o panus it an anthropostis, polis zuma ye maat zogrigorous
Speaker 4: mus almost all alexandtamiyamera and Nato, Timonos, Tithos, tora stomonasteriri
Speaker 4: and asitusi, remia, iphil tou e eleniki on nikos, Toni
Speaker 4: and farini ear the tho e eleni metal aba mattia
Speaker 4: tis l a y pano is the messiv of Borno,
Speaker 4: sumath as is xana on nikos peopractic costa Soovaros, symfonuse Evolfa,
Speaker 4: matis nevlepist zoe AliOS nagapasti is mikresleptomeries it protest maris
Speaker 4: to monastery etn discolors your tombano. If a vikn is
Speaker 4: he hees to get in a yea two, then e
Speaker 4: cola sketotan signatsi pocreosis p fylipos tiboli, tidulia, tisthenez tokatiri
Speaker 4: no AHOs, catha imnahis, Idrono, Danelomo opanos an hikskiptikos apophas
Speaker 4: and semetaski miyamera katatidiarky to the lusmu and u scatida
Speaker 4: for retico I to monaster Yuma, lakosan Krono, samata agin
Speaker 4: distic metama, Santa mini pili potelos, to gozmo Mbiria, to
Speaker 4: attonepnev katala zukottah tehia ethenistic mes ian abnoees to paron
Speaker 4: etsi sttelus is, paramonisus to monastery opanos pirimi, Dikipophaci appelex
Speaker 4: and alehoto ankhos an activisity in a plot hiato epistrophisti
Speaker 4: boli then ahoti ki after pumatists play yes to urus
Speaker 4: Athos donacoluthus kekathy proui cato ilio the modernoy pragmatic gifti
Speaker 4: evrisquit sapless joys.
Speaker 1: Let's take another listen. Listen closely to any parts you
Speaker 1: may have missed.
Speaker 4: Enatolito ilius to rosathus ita majiki catheproi.
Speaker 1: The sunrise over ores Athos was magical every.
Speaker 4: Morning Tomnastirio tiligmenosena peplo jusufotos kipsithiro Poteryeo.
Speaker 1: The monastery was calm and serene, wrapped in a veil
Speaker 1: of golden light and whispers from the arrow.
Speaker 4: Evoita no panos Cathismenos sen and petri no pango kiton
Speaker 4: dealosa pros patondo nai metro to cardiaco e Pisovio.
Speaker 1: There was Banas sitting on a stone bench, looking at
Speaker 1: the sea, trying to find his inner peace after a
Speaker 1: recent hard episode. Opano stro poses polism ye mati mus
Speaker 1: Bonos was a city man living a full life, moving
Speaker 1: at a fast pace.
Speaker 4: Olmos O alexanota mia mera enyo seto di na too
Speaker 4: tippima tu pono sostithos.
Speaker 1: But everything changed when one day he felt a sharp
Speaker 1: pain in his chest.
Speaker 4: Tora sotmonastiri anasituze remia.
Speaker 1: Now at the monastery, he sought tranquility.
Speaker 4: Ifilitou i eleniki on KOs toniha and farini Erthevo.
Speaker 1: His friends Aleni Andicos had encouraged him to come here.
Speaker 4: I eleni metelambra matietis eleye pano is dig messi doo
Speaker 4: borno sumatun asiixana.
Speaker 1: Elleni with her bright eyes, said Ponos. The moments here
Speaker 1: might teach you to live again.
Speaker 4: Onkos pio practicoska sovaros simfonuz.
Speaker 1: Nikos more practical and serious, agreed evofa matis novelepistisos. Here
Speaker 1: you will learn to see life differently, nagapastis mirerius to
Speaker 1: love the small details.
Speaker 4: I protes meres to monastery it and disco.
Speaker 1: The first days at the monastery were tough for panas
Speaker 1: if O vikien is hehsed toye. His fears and concerns
Speaker 1: about his health didn't fade easily. Skeeto signet poreosus pus
Speaker 1: tiboli tidula tiseines to no anhros. He often thought about
Speaker 1: the obligations he had left behind in the city, work responsibilities,
Speaker 1: the daily stressevma imona hi singidron. Every afternoon, the monks
Speaker 1: gathered for meditation o panos ane hikasktekos Apophasis and ametaski Bonas,
Speaker 1: initially skeptical, decided to participate.
Speaker 4: Mia mehra katatidierki to di e lo yejmu en yo
Speaker 4: sekati dia forritico.
Speaker 1: One day, during meditation, he felt something different.
Speaker 4: I hitu monaster yue ma la coushen kyohronmata.
Speaker 1: The sounds of the monastery softened, and time seemed to stop.
Speaker 4: Egini di stigmi estanti kim va tie remia sana mini
Speaker 4: pir hi ti poteros to gojmo.
Speaker 1: At that moment, he felt a deep peace, as if
Speaker 1: nothing else existed in the world. Enviiria tu av titnenetnevse.
Speaker 1: This experience inspired him Kata.
Speaker 4: La voe di jui iten kati perrisho toro PoTA hie kiihia.
Speaker 1: He realized that life was more than speed and success.
Speaker 1: Iten istigmez ienab noez to baron. It was the moments,
Speaker 1: the breaths, the present etsi so tellus.
Speaker 4: Is Paramonius to monastiri opanuspiriasi man di killa.
Speaker 3: So.
Speaker 1: At the end of his stay at the monastery, Panas
Speaker 1: made an important decision epelex and asmliota ro anjos nete.
Speaker 1: He chose to live with less stress, to appreciate simplicity
Speaker 1: and his health ipistrophistiboli than tiki. Returning to the city
Speaker 1: was no longer stressful.
Speaker 4: Aftopui himatists ples do urush athos son coluuse.
Speaker 1: What he had learned on the slopes of Oresathos followed
Speaker 1: him kekath.
Speaker 4: Prui, cathoshkilo, timotuti, pragmati, guivti hi e vrisquits di saplez
Speaker 4: i diste zois.
Speaker 1: And every morning, as he looked at the sun, he
Speaker 1: remembered that true happiness lies in the simple, calm moments
Speaker 1: of life.
Speaker 2: Today's vocabulary words are coming up right after this commercial break.
Speaker 2: Here are today's vocabulary words, first in Greek, then in English.
Speaker 4: Natolituilu inannato lituilu i anatolitu eu, the sunrise, mahiki, mahiki, majiki,
Speaker 4: magicalremoremo remo, comealinolino, glinio, serene to peplo, to peplo, to peplo.
Speaker 4: The veil ipsi theory, ipsithiy ipsi theory, the whispers oh
Speaker 4: petrin no spangush, oh petrin no spangush, oh petrin no
Speaker 4: spangush the stone benchi eshoeteriki irini, suter riki ierni in
Speaker 4: her peace, cardiacoipio, cardiacopo, cardiac episodio, hard episode, stig mes,
Speaker 4: istigmes istig mes, The moments, imigres lepto Marius, imigreslepto, Marius,
Speaker 4: imkres lepto Marius.
Speaker 1: The small details ephov efov if ov, the fears i
Speaker 1: shis ni sihis i ni cihis, the concerns e yea,
Speaker 1: e yea, e yea health.
Speaker 4: Epocriosis, hypocreosis, epohreosis, obligations or the alojismos or the alojismos
Speaker 4: or the aloyismos, meditation, Skip the cause, Skip the cause,
Speaker 4: skip the cause.
Speaker 1: Skeptical ehi ehi ichi. The sounds ivathiai remia, ivathiairemia ivathiai remia,
Speaker 1: deep piece named nephsi, nam Nephsi, named nepsi to inspire, iplodida,
Speaker 1: iplotda i aplodita, simplicity, to baron, to baron, to baron,
Speaker 1: the present, ipla yes, ipla yes, ipla yes. The slopes yopophaci, yopophaci, iyabophaci, decision, nectimisi, nectimisi,
Speaker 1: necti missi to appreciate to Kathymri, no anghs to Kathymri,
Speaker 1: no anghs to Kathymri, no angros daily stress. If thenis
Speaker 1: if theenis ef thinness, responsibilities hypragmatic giftihia ipragmati, giftikia ipragmatic
Speaker 1: gi iftikhi true happiness eid a mystigmes eat a mistigmez
Speaker 1: ei remstig mez come moments, epistrophi, epistrophi e epistrophi the return.
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