Visit the STM Press Vendor Booth and see this and other Orthodox titles in person Wish I could be in Chicago for this week-long event. I have a warm place in my heart for the Antiochian Archdiocese, having been received into the Orthodox Church in 1987 at St Michael the Archangel in Louisville, Kentucky, by …
Category: Pilgrimage
Blessed Elder Dimitri of Santa Rosa, CA
The 'tempered ascetic' and clairvoyant elder featured in The North American Thebaid I kept hearing Blessed Elder Dimitri's name during my pilgrimage to monasteries on the West Coast, and was able to visit for an afternoon at the small women's skete, Our Lady of Kazan, in Santa Rosa, California, which was founded by the Elder, …
May & June bring Book Signings and Talks
Plus, an Eloquent 5-star Review over at STM Press Christ is Risen! I hope you all have had a beautiful and profound Pascha this year. In addition to rejoicing in the "Feast of feasts," I have been preparing for talks and book signings for the Thebaid Book beginning later in May, which is a bit …
Pre-Press Updates, and Thoughts on Printing
Dear Friends and Supporters, Fellow Pilgrims All! Before starting my update, as we enter into Great Lent, as is our Orthodox praxis and holy tradition, I ask your forgiveness... God forgives! Monastery of the Transfiguration, the Sisterhood exchanges forgiveness.Photo © Ralph H. Sidway The main thing to ask your forgiveness for is the lack of …
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Polishing the Prologue (and Epilogue!)
Revisiting the early stages of the Thebaid Project has been the key to its successful fulfillment in the near future. Over the last few weeks I have been revising my text contributions to the North American Thebaid photo book, at the direction of Fr Mikel Hill, manager of St Tikhon's Monastery Press and Bookstore, and …
The North American Thebaid 