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Outside a small Macedonian village a lone Catholic nun keeps a quiet
watch over a silent convent. She is the last caretaker of this site of
significant historical developments, spanning more than 2,000 years.

When Sister Maria Cyrilla of the Order of the Perpetual Watch dies,
the Convent of St. Elias will be closed by the Eastern Orthodox Patriarch
of Macedonia.

However, that isn't likely to happen soon, as Sister Maria, 53, enjoys
excellent health. By her own estimate, she walks 10 miles daily about
the grounds of the Convent, which once served as a base for the army
of Attila the Hun. In more ancient times, a Greek temple to Eros, the
god of love, occupied the hilltop site.

Historians say that Attila took over the old temple in 439 A.D., and used
it as a base for his marauding army. The Huns are believed to have first
collected and then destroyed a large gathering of Greek legal writs at the
site. It is believed that Attila wanted to study the Greek legal system and
had the writs and other documents brought to the temple. Scholars differ
on why he had the valuable documents destroyed - either because he was
barely literate and couldn't read them, or because they provided evidence
of a democratic government that did not square with his own notion of
Rule by an all-powerful tyrant.

When the Greek church took over the site during the 15th century and the
Convent was built, church leaders ordered the pagan statue of Eros destroyed,
so another ancient Greek treasure was lost.

Today, there is only the lone sister, watching over the old Hun base. When she
goes, that will be it.

Thus, that's how it ends...
with No Huns, No Writs, No Eros, and Nun on base.

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