Editing my photos has been in itself a great experience for me, to revisit my monastery pilgrimages from this summer, and rekindle the flame from these soul-stirring visits with monks and nuns who have left everything to follow Christ in the monastic life. I just finished posting three new galleries, each of which includes …
Month: August 2018
ANOTHER NEW GALLERY: St Silouan Monastery in Sonora CA
This was a very special visit for me, as Monk Ignatius and I have been corresponding off and on for nearly a decade, and I have dear friends in Cincinnati who also have strong ties to the monastery. Even on this brief visit, I was able to get a real sense of the Brotherhood's vision …
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NEW GALLERY: St Barbara Monastery, Santa Paula CA
The pace of my travels the past few weeks has been so steady as to leave no time for photo editing, but during this, my last week of travel on my western pilgrimage, I wanted to begin catching up on the many photos from California, Washington, Alaska, Arizona, and now Texas! First up in this …
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St Herman, Spruce Island & the Alaskan Pilgrimage
This past Tuesday I returned to Anchorage from Kodiak, having spent four days with the monks at Archangel Michael Skete on Spruce Island. I'm back on the road today for my return leg, and am just putting up this quick post before leaving for the Divine Liturgy at St George (Antiochian) near Portland OR, …
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A Quick Update before Alaska
I'm very thankful for all my travel plans coming together, and for my pilgrimage to Alaska (which begins later this morning!), but this has had the effect of delaying again the posting of new photo galleries for another couple of weeks. I did want to give you at least a few images before going 'off …
The North American Thebaid 