Thank you for your patience during my recent travels! I had an inspiring two week journey to Holy Archangel Michael and All Angels Skete in northwest Missouri, followed by a parish presentation at Holy Trinity Orthodox Church in Overland Park KS (outside Kansas City), and went immediately from there to St Paul Skete about an …
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August Monastery Travels scheduled for Georgia and Florida
Summer travel and photography continues for the North American Thebaid Project with my first visit to the Monastery of the Glorious Ascension (ROCOR) in northwest Georgia, and pilgrimages to two of Elder Ephraim's monasteries in Florida: Panagia Vlahernon and Holy Annunciation (GOA). Each of these have informative and attractive websites (see links below) where you …
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Children and Monasticism: Ideas for Summer reading (and pilgrimages!)
Children love pilgrimages to Orthodox Christian monasteries, as any Orthodox parent who has taken their kids to one can tell you. These books help reveal why. Maybe it's the total simplicity, beauty and peacefulness of the surroundings, or perhaps it is because the nuns or monks themselves have a child-like quality about them which allows …
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Alaska’s annual St. Herman Pilgrimage includes Liturgy on Spruce Island
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 …
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‘Atlas of American Orthodox Monasteries’ now available in digital format for free
I have been using this outstanding book as a resource in planning my travels for the North American Thebaid Photographic Pilgrimage since the Atlas's publication at the start of 2016, and downloaded this digital edition onto my iPad immediately after it was announced. The linked table of contents makes navigation a delight, and the ability …
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The North American Thebaid 