a photographic pilgrimage to Orthodox Christian monasteries across the continent
St. Pachomius lived in the Egyptian Thebaid, and is to cenobitic monasticism what St. Anthony the Great is to the eremitic (solitary) way, and what St. Nilus of Sora is to skete life in Russia. He is commemorated on May 15. From his Life at OCA.org: Saint Pachomius the Great was both a model of desert dwelling, …
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Christ is Risen! Indeed He is Risen! I hope and trust we have all had a soul-profiting Lent and Holy Week, and a radiant Pascha and Easter... What better way to return to blogging on the North American Thebaid than to share the life of St Nilus of Sora, whom we just commemorated on May …
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The North American Thebaid 