The North American Thebaid Pilgrimage continues, with visits confirmed at Hermitage of the Holy Cross (ROCOR) in Wayne WV, Holy Myrrhbearers Monastery (OCA) in Otego NY, and Holy Trinity Monastery (ROCOR) in Jordanville NY. A brief return visit to the Orthodox Monastery of the Transfiguration in Ellwood City PA is also planned. I'm busy with …
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First Photo Gallery: St. Tikhon of Zadonsk Monastery
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 …
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First Monastery Photographs
My first two monastery visits went very well, with moments of quiet and wonder, and some good photographs to begin the North American Thebaid collection. Apologies for the lapse in postings, but my internet access has been greatly limited while traveling, and I am only now set up wth my new home-base wifi solution in …
Pilgrimage and Blogging
As I begin my actual travel and photography for the North American Thebaid Project, posts will be a little erratic, as I plan to quietly enter into the rhythm of life at the monasteries as best I can, which means being "unplugged" for sometimes a week or more at a time. Thank you for your prayers …
Preparing for Pilgrimage: St Tikhon’s, Part 2
Here is the first portion of a documentary on St Tikhon's Monastery in South Canaan PA, which provides a little historical background on the oldest Orthodox Christian monastery in North America:
The North American Thebaid 