Monks seek peace in ancient Judean Desert monastry

(19 Feb 2012)
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Jericho, West Bank - 16 January 2012
1. Wide moving shot of cable car approaching Mount of Temptation Monastery (shot taken from cable car)
2. Wide of cable car passing over Jericho (shot taken from cable car)
3. Wide moving shot of cable car approaching Mount of Temptation Monastery (shot taken from cable car)
4. Mid of natural caves around Mount of Temptation
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Wadi Qelt, West Bank - 16 January 2012
5. Tilt-up from Wadi Qelt's water source to St George Monastery
6. Wide of natural cave and ladders used by hermits to climb up inside
7. Mid of monk on balcony looking at St George Monastery
8. Various of pilgrims on their way to St George monastery
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Elisa Moed, Travel advisor :
"This is where John the Baptist resided. He was a hermit, and part of really experiencing the footsteps and really understanding the roots of Christianity is to come here and to take a look at the wilderness and the landscape and try to understand the lifestyle of John the Baptist. Elijah also spent his time in the Judean wilderness, Jesus spent time in the Judean wilderness. So, yes, it's a very important and very integral part of coming to the Holy Land and experiencing the Holy Land is to come into this wilderness."
10. Tilt up from gorge to monastery
AP Television
Jericho, West Bank - 16 January 2012
11. Walking shot of Father Gerassimos inside Mount of Temptation monastery
12. Various of Father Gerassimos washing Greek flag, speaking to Father Galactio (not in the shot)
13. Father Galactio inside cell inhabited by ancient hermits
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Father Galactio, Greek-Orthodox monk :
"Father Gerassimos now live(s) alone thirty years, thirty years. Coming here, sometime live together, other monks, but don't stay, leaving."
15. Wide of Father Gerassimos walking down stairs of Mount of Temptation church, speaking to Father Galactio
16. Tracking shot of Father Gerassimos walking inside Mount of Temptation monastery
17. Mid of cell with objects found inside Mount of Temptation, tilt down
18. Tracking shot of Father Gerassimos entering kitchen
19. Wide of ancient construction near Mount of Temptation monastery
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Wadi Qelt, West Bank - 16 January 2012
20. Pan right of St George monastery church bells
21. Mid of monk reading religious book inside St George monastery
22. Various of body of Romanian monk on display inside glass case at monastery
23. Wide of archaeologists Benny Arubas and Yoram Tsafrir
24. Various of caves scattered around St George monastery
25. SOUNDBITE (English) Benny Arubas, Archaeologist, Hebrew University of Jerusalem:
"We documented here a series of hermit cells. This is what you see here, the remains of those caves and built cells. They are all along these cliffs. We just came into the boundaries of this 'laura', which is a type of monastery."
26. Various of caves scattered around St George monastery
27. SOUNDBITE (English) Yoram Tsafrir, Retired archaeologist :
"From time to time we hear or know about few monks - I mean, single ones - that practice a full ascetic life; they are being hermits, real hermits. For how long, I don't know, but I guess they try. This is the idea, this is the ideal, but it is very, very hard to reach that point of hermitage."
28. Wide of Judean Desert mountains
LEADIN
A handful of monks still live in splendid isolation seeking peace and solitude in monasteries hewn from rock in the Judean Desert.
Monks have lived in the area for thousands of years, and to this day pilgrims travel there.
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