a photographic pilgrimage to Orthodox Christian monasteries across the continent
After several weeks of travel, and Thanksgiving week, I am getting caught up on editing and posting more images from recent monastery visits. First up, several photographs from Hermitage of the Holy Cross (ROCOR). My thanks to Fr. Abbott Seraphim and guest master Fr. Hilarion, and the several monks I was able to speak with during …
Continue reading New Gallery: Hermitage of the Holy Cross in Wayne WV
I was deeply honored to be invited to speak about the North American Thebaid Project at the OCA's recent Monastic Synaxis. The superiors, led by His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon, and Archbishop Nathaniel, had numerous excellent questions and insights, all of which further improve the Thebaid Project, and help it support monastic life even more than …
Continue reading OCA Monastic Synaxis invites presentation on North American Thebaid Project
The North American Thebaid Pilgrimage continues, with visits confirmed at Hermitage of the Holy Cross (ROCOR) in Wayne WV, Holy Myrrhbearers Monastery (OCA) in Otego NY, and Holy Trinity Monastery (ROCOR) in Jordanville NY. A brief return visit to the Orthodox Monastery of the Transfiguration in Ellwood City PA is also planned. I'm busy with …
Photography, Vision and the Heart Here is a challenging reflection on photography, by David DuChemin, whose work I have been following for a while now and whom I greatly admire for his emphasis on "vision", not mere "pictorialism" (if I can coin a word). "The calling of the photographer is to see the invisible and …
Outstanding article on this compelling new monastic initiative, being founded by dedicated lay benefactors, and shepherded by monastics from Monastery of St John in Manton, California. See also my special page on the founding of St Peter's Monastery. Photos provided by Pravoslavie. SACRED SPACE IN THE LAST BEST PLACE: ORTHODOX MONASTERY COMES TO MONTANA Pravoslavie, …
The North American Thebaid 