a photographic pilgrimage to Orthodox Christian monasteries across the continent
Titled Chastity, Purity, Integrity: - Orthodox Anthropology and Secular Culture in the 21st Century, this visionary conference, perhaps the first of its kind in North America, features speakers and a planning committee who hail primarily from Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary (ROCOR, Jordanville NY) and St Tikhon's Orthodox Theological Seminary (OCA, South Canaan PA), both of which …
In this second of a six-part video interview, "Father Damascene, abbot of St. Herman of Alaska Monastery, talks to Pemptousia about the history of the brotherhood of the Monastery and how the brotherhood turned from missionary to monastic. He is mentioning some important spiritual words of Father Seraphim Rose and he is describing the situation …
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Key Points of Convergence show how the Thebaid Project resonates with the Monastic Mission of the OCA. The timing and topics of the Orthodox Church in America's 2015 Monastic Synaxis could not have been more significant. While His Beatitude, Metropolitan Tikhon, His Eminence, Archbishop Benjamin of the Diocese of the West, and fourteen superiors from among …
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This landmark address by the Abbot of St. Tikhon of Zadonsk Monastery is one of the primary motivators behind the effort to launch The Northern Thebaid Pilgrimage Project as quickly as possible. The Project can help foster a "culture of monasticism" in the Church, one which continually turns our hearts and minds towards prayer, pilgrimage, and …
The North American Thebaid 