Thebaid Project awarded 2018 Ganister Foundation Grant

On October 29, 2018 By zosimasIn Project, Publishing2 Comments

The Ganister Foundation recognizes the North American Thebaid for its “innovative approach to advancing the mission of Orthodoxy in the United States.”

The Ganister Orthodox Foundation recently announced its grant recipients for 2018, which included the North American Thebaid Project, a two-year photographic pilgrimage covering over thirty Orthodox Christian monasteries across the continent from several jurisdictions, including over a dozen monasteries of the Orthodox Church in America.

Founded in 2001, the Ganister Orthodox Foundation:

Provides financial assistance for organizations and parishes with innovative approaches to advancing the mission of Orthodoxy in the United States…

Favor is given to proposals that address priority needs of the Orthodox Church in America, especially those that do so in catalytic ways.

The selection process also weighs leadership experience, clarity of goals, the presence of a stable funding base, and faithfulness to the teachings and ministry of the OCA. (Emphasis added.)

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New Thebaid Store launches, featuring easy pre-order for the Thebaid Book

On October 26, 2018October 27, 2018 By zosimasIn Photographs, Publishing, Thebaid Book2 Comments

Pre-Order the North American Thebaid book,

a large-format, fine-art photography book to be published in Spring 2019 by St. Tikhon’s Monastery Press.

BookCover6-sm — One of several early designs for the Thebaid Book Cover. See more at the Thebaid Store.

The Thebaid Book will be published in both the Standard Edition with scuff-resistant, French-fold dust jacket, and a Deluxe Limited Edition in Bonded Leather with ribbon marker. Pre-order now on the new Thebaid Store.

Signed copies with Signed/Matted Fine Art Prints from the Thebaid Project are also available to pre-order in special bundles.

The Deluxe Limited Edition and the Signed/Matted Fine Art Prints are only available for a limited time, until we reach the printer’s deadline for the book.

Proceed to our new Thebaid Store for full details and to pre-order.

ThebaidDeluxeLeatherBookCover-4.001 — Prototype design for the Deluxe Limited Edition in Bonded Leather of the Thebaid Book. See more cover designs and pre-order on the new Thebaid Store.

St Tikhon’s Calendar featuring Thebaid Photographs goes to press

On October 10, 2018October 10, 2018 By zosimasIn Monasteries, Photographs, Publishing1 Comment

The 2019 St Tikhon’s Monastery Press Liturgical Calendar has reached its final form, and is going to press. I feel deeply honored to have contributed the images for next year’s calendar, which has as its theme and subtitle ‘Monasteries of North America’.

The 2019 St Tikhon’s Liturgical Calendar is truly the “first fruits” of the North American Thebaid Photographic Pilgrimage, and represents the first appearance in print of my photographs from my 2+ years journey to over thirty Orthodox Christian monasteries in North America.

In previous years the St. Tikhon’s Calendar has featured photos of Orthodox parishes, rare festal icons and frescoes, and other beautiful scenes to accompany the journey through the year. The guide to daily scripture readings, major feasts, fasting guides, and saints’ days makes a liturgical calendar such as this essential for Orthodox Christians seeking to live their lives in a manner faithful to Christ and His Church. The 2019 calendar’s visual reminder of our monastic brothers and sisters who have left the world to follow Christ and the Gospel will hopefully serve as added inspiration and encouragement for us all.

Scroll down for a gallery of several of the images featured in the calendar. From the St Tikhon’s Press product description:

The St. Tikhon’s Lectionary Wall Calendar has become a most treasured item in homes and churches throughout the Orthodox world in America. The 2019 calendar includes 12 photographs of North American monasteries, plus detailed information for each day of the liturgical year.

Calendars include:

Major Feast Days & Saints
Fasting Guidelines
Scripture Readings
Old Calendar Dates for Major Feasts & Saints
Excerpts from His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon’s, Of What Life Do We Speak?, now available from STM Press
Special Liturgical Notes
12 photographs of American monasteries including images from the forthcoming book from photographer Ralph Sidway, The North American Thebaid
Custom Imprint on orders of 20 or more
Order online here.