I'm very thankful for all my travel plans coming together, and for my pilgrimage to Alaska (which begins later this morning!), but this has had the effect of delaying again the posting of new photo galleries for another couple of weeks. I did want to give you at least a few images before going 'off …
Category: Pilgrimage
More Galleries coming soon! Seven more, and then some…
I wish to thank everyone for your patience with my erratic gallery posting during this amazing period of travels. Since July 1 alone, I have traveled to ten monasteries (in Arizona and California), and am literally getting in the car immediately after posting this to head to #11 this month, All-Merciful Saviour (Men's, ROCOR), on …
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Fragrance of the Desert, Pt. 3 – St Paisius Monastery, in the High Desert of Arizona
This was a providential visit, and is hopefully a prelude to a longer stay on my return journey. In my emails with Abbess Michaila, I learned the nuns were deep into their new building project, a new dining hall which would accommodate the sisterhood and their growing numbers of guests. Having a larger kitchen will …
Thebaid Update: July is Scheduled!
And more galleries coming soon... The last few days have been a whirlwind of emails and phone calls as I've reached out to numerous Orthodox monasteries in California and beyond, and I am very happy to report that I've got a full schedule for the remainder of July, covering eight monasteries. Due to travel considerations, …
Fragrance of the Desert, Pt. 2 – Archangel Michael Monastery, in the Canyons of New Mexico
New Photo Gallery now posted from Archangel Michael Monastery in Cañones NM. I almost titled this blog post 'Streams in the Desert', as the abundance of water flowing through the canyon is used most creatively by the monks to water their crops, vegetables, and fruit trees. You'll see many photographs of water. Once again, as …
The North American Thebaid 