a photographic pilgrimage to Orthodox Christian monasteries across the continent
"Orphaned at an early age," this great saint "was raised by a certain good and pious nun." He "imitated his adoptive mother in the habits of monastic life, in fasting and in prayer," and grew to be a shepherd of souls, founding a monastery which thrives to this day, over a millennium later. From this …
Continue reading Ven. Athanasius, Founder of Coenobitic Monasticism on Mt. Athos
Alaska. St Herman. Pilgrimage. How I yearn for this! Here is a great video of a recent St Herman Pilgrimage. Scroll down for the news announcement from the OCA website. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ObfHixqb5M Alaska’s 47th annual St. Herman Pilgrimage to be held August 7-9 OCA.org, June 22, 2017: Hundreds of faithful are expected to participate in the …
Continue reading Alaska’s annual St. Herman Pilgrimage includes Liturgy on Spruce Island
St. Pachomius lived in the Egyptian Thebaid, and is to cenobitic monasticism what St. Anthony the Great is to the eremitic (solitary) way, and what St. Nilus of Sora is to skete life in Russia. He is commemorated on May 15. From his Life at OCA.org: Saint Pachomius the Great was both a model of desert dwelling, …
Continue reading Venerable Pachomius the Great, Founder of Coenobitic Monasticism
Christ is Risen! Indeed He is Risen! I hope and trust we have all had a soul-profiting Lent and Holy Week, and a radiant Pascha and Easter... What better way to return to blogging on the North American Thebaid than to share the life of St Nilus of Sora, whom we just commemorated on May …
Continue reading Repose of the Venerable Nilus, Abbot of Sora
Fr. Seraphim Rose and the call for a North American Thebaid Two brief passages from Fr. Seraphim's monastic life and writings make clear how he longed for an American Thebaid to flourish in his homeland, as it had in Orthodox lands in preceding centuries: As at the beginning of his monastic path he had drawn …
The North American Thebaid 