article_snippet.sent: Vassilis was born in a boat.
article_snippet.sent: Today, tall and bronzed, like a warrior from the legions of Alexander the Great, Vassilis is at the wheel of a speedboat thrumming across the sparkling seas off the Mount Athos peninsula in north-eastern Greece.
article_snippet.sent: Vassilis's eyes instinctively scan the water — and then Vassilis shouts with delight.
article_snippet.sent: They have faith,' Vassilis tells me later.
article_snippet.sent: Then, Vassilis recounts the story of the monk who tumbled over a cliff face and plunged 150 metres straight down.
article_snippet.sent: Surely, Vassilis fellows thought, Vassilis is dead.
article_snippet.sent: But Vassilis dusted Vassilis off and trundled back up the hill.