"There is nothing here, at the Cell – no golden domes, no beautiful lakes, no trees to shelter and soothe. Bare earth, bare sea, bare sky – the skeleton of God’s creation, the naked bones against which all else seem un-necesary details..." When I stumbled onto this blog post by Fr Seraphim Aldea it reminded …
Month: August 2017
Abbot Damascene Interview: Video 5 of 6
"The teaching of Father Seraphim Rose about the patristic view of the creation of the world and its impact to the life of the modern man and Christian is the subject of this part of interview to Pemptousia, given by father Damascene, Abbot of the Monastery of St. Herman of Alaska in California." Part 1 …
Abbot Damascene Interview: Video 4 of 6
Abbot Damascene of St. Herman of Alaska Monastery, Platina CA, in this part of his interview to Pemptousia, talks about the worth of social media to the lives of modern Christian, highlighting at the same time their spiritual dangers. Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 September …
August Monastery Travels scheduled for Georgia and Florida
Summer travel and photography continues for the North American Thebaid Project with my first visit to the Monastery of the Glorious Ascension (ROCOR) in northwest Georgia, and pilgrimages to two of Elder Ephraim's monasteries in Florida: Panagia Vlahernon and Holy Annunciation (GOA). Each of these have informative and attractive websites (see links below) where you …
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Abbot Damascene Interview – Video 3 of 6
“Athos is the motherland of orthodox monasticism in the world!” In this third part of his interview to Pemptousia, Archimandrite Damascene, abbot of St Herman of Alaska Monastery in Platina, California, talks about his pilgrimages to Mount Athos. He also reflects on encountering such sincere veneration of Hieromonk Seraphim (Rose) by the monks of the …
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