a photographic pilgrimage to Orthodox Christian monasteries across the continent
Listen to the archived program at Ancient Faith Radio... +++ This looks most interesting, and will be a perfect follow-up to Alexei Krindatch’s fine new book, Atlas of American Orthodox Christian Monasteries. Mother Christophora is, for those who don’t know, the abbess of the Orthodox Monastery of the Transfiguration in Ellwood City PA (coming up on …
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I am very encouraged by today's announcement of an important new work, an Atlas of American Orthodox Christian Monasteries. I see this new publication as a sign of growing interest in Orthodox monasticism in North America, as well as the sort of book which will itself help grow that interest, especially by providing a handy and …
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What is a “thebaid”? Per the Catholic Encyclopaedia, The valley of the Nile, under Roman domination, was divided into four provinces: Lower and Upper Egypt, Lower and Upper Thebaid. The last two comprised the upper part of the valley. During the fourth to fifth centuries it was the chosen land of the monks, who by their sanctity and by the form they impressed on the monastic system greatly influenced …
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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The North American Thebaid 