a photographic pilgrimage to Orthodox Christian monasteries across the continent
The second gallery is now posted and available for viewing, featuring a selection of images from the Orthodox Monastery of the Transfiguration (OCA), a womens' monastery in Ellwood City PA, about an hour north of Pittsburgh. This beautiful haven, which will celebrate the 50th anniversary of its founding in 2017, is known for its hospitality. Select images …
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The first gallery of photographs from the North American Thebaid Project is online, featuring some four dozen images taken at St Tikhon's Monastery in South Canaan PA. Captions to follow, but you can get nearly a virtual tour of the monastery, and a real inside look at monastic life, including the divine services, veneration of icons …
Continue reading First Photo Gallery: St. Tikhon of Zadonsk Monastery
This past year I've begun following photographer David duChemin. He is a wonderful photographer and I love his images, his approach. But I have been stunned at how his words about photography sound at times like Orthodox Christian Monastic and Patristic writings. I find his approach to photography to resonate very strongly with my own. …
The North American Thebaid is truly unique in the Orthodox Christian world. Market research reveals very few projects similar to this in scope or purpose, and nothing like it in North America. Most photo books on Orthodox monasticism center on exotic and legendary locales such as Mount Athos in Greece, or St. Catherine's Monastery at the foot …
Continue reading Market Study confirms: The Thebaid Project is Unique (Updated)
A commenter on the North American Thebaid Facebook Page had this to say concerning my recent blog post, 'Pursuing the Light' - A Theology of Photography: There is no theology of photography. So we work with light? duh. All visual art works with light. So what? Photography is just a tool we use to say what we …
Continue reading A Theology of Photography, Part 2 [Updated]
The North American Thebaid 