Continued growth and progress as we pass the midpoint of the Thebaid Project, but we need contributions to keep gas in the tank! This was originally posted to our GoFundMe and Indiegogo crowdfunding sites last week. Thebaid Project Update, January 2018 Dear Friends, Supporters, and Fellow Thebaid Pilgrims, I hope you all had a blessed …
The Thebaid Pilgrimage Resumes – Dormition Monastery, Rives Jct MI
Travel and photography for 2018 begins with pilgrimage to Dormition Monastery in Rives Jct MI
Thebaid Presentation at St. Mary of Egypt (OCA), Norcross GA
My heartfelt thanks to Hieromonk Cyprian (DuRant, rector) and the parish of St Mary of Egypt Orthodox Church (OCA), in Norcross GA, for hosting me this past Sunday. The Divine Liturgy was beautiful in this handsome wood-timbered church, itself reminiscent of churches in the Russian north. In spite of the epic snowfall two days before, the …
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Documentary Film: ‘The Relics of Saint Herman’
The complete, 25 minute documentary, finally available for online viewing, and in much better quality! This impressive and award-winning film was for years only able to be viewed in two 9-minute parts (the third and final part was apparently never uploaded), until PressValaam posted the complete video in January 2017, and in higher resolution. I'm …
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St Herman of Alaska – ‘Source of Light and Inspiration’
Yesterday, December 13, was the Winter Feast of St. Herman, Elder and Wonderworker of Alaska. The Eleventh Ikos[1] of the Akathist Service[2] to this first Orthodox Christian saint glorified in America[3] provides an inspiring summary of why Fr. Herman, a humble monk (not ever ordained to the priesthood) from Valaam Monastery in Russia who came …
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