Maria Skobtsova House welcomed me with a deep sense of rest. It breathes a certain togetherness, a value that seems radical in this town.

Anzio has been at work on the tents: ‘Dear problems please give me some discount, I am your regular customer’ is penned across the flysheet of one of the tents. On his own, he has written ‘Never Give Up !!’.

Continuing with the tradition of the past few years, we had a wonderful celebration of Eritrean/Ethiopian Orthodox Christmas on January 7th.

‘What is Home?’ by Farzane from Iran, a former guest in Maria Skobtsova House