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Show c e ; c. 11 !4enaaignaur Porphyrios III, Archbishop of Mt. Sinai Convent ia Mont Sinai Midan al~Daher Cairo, Egypt* Dearly beloved Father Monselgneur Porphyrios III It is now more than one year since we exchanged our last letters. But, believe me, you have always been in a§r thoughts, aad I trust that I have been in your prayers* I shall be glad to hear fro© you ae I aa eager to know all the news af the good fathers in the Monastery* I lejjBJ that ?ather Joachim's passing away to heaven is the last ni©fortune to befall the ectseiunity. Regarding ourselves, I have ay family here with ae in America, and \- are nicely settled at Princeton for the year-- The children have grmn very much, and you would not recognise th* at ] ?eeent. My wife ana I often NNatfctR yon la our daily conversation-• | | ap wishing you the best of health and a long life full of blessings. I have frequently lectured about Sinai and the Monastery of St. Catharine, and since I introduced to your good offlees the group of American scholars fro§» Michigan and Princeton last y®mr$ I have been grat: ... :JO observe growing interest in a comprehensive project i'or the study aj the Monastery aad its treasures in a more syst«aatlc way. H was propos-. tat some foundations might he approached for funds, e. •«., considered too early at this stage and that it would perhaps he sore affective if we presented these found&tioos with such varied sasaples of the work to he done as to convince them of the importance of the. project. Hence it M aajajb decided that the same ©roup of scholars should again proceed to the l-fonastery in the coming spring for a longer period, say April to Jftme, Sfjatgpai with fine instruments and a light portable scaffold for photographing distant objects such as - ., . m frescoes without disturbing church offices. TbBt group consists mainly af professor George aarayfca. who is interested in architecture, professor &rt WeiteaanVho is the greatest scholar in the world of Ikons, and Mr. Fred Anderegg, the chief of the Photographic Serviee in Michigan. / / |
