Brother Anna

Andreas nephew of the abbot of the Monastery of Dionysios who died eight years previously arrives at Agion Oros Mount Athos with a team of smugglers of antiquities with the intention of stealing a gold cross set with precious gems known as the Cross of Alexander the Great He earns the trust of the meek and hospitable monks However a Jewish girl Anna whom while still a baby during the war her father had entrusted to the care of the hermit Vasileios continues to pretend she is a young monk She manages gradually to discover the entire scheme and acts to foil their plot