Thank you to all supporters of the North American Thebaid Project so far, especially to you who contributed during the first week of the Crowdfunding campaign. The Week 1 numbers are very encouraging. As of mid-day July 18: Our Facebook Launch Announcement reached over 1,400 views, with 64 Facebook shares by supporters and over 100 …
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Welcome, Byzantine TX readers…
Glad to see so many of you visiting here at Thebaid.org! Many thanks to Byzantine, TX Blog for re-posting the video and intro text for the North American Thebaid Project! The word is getting out, and I hope for more such shares soon... For you joining us from Byzantine TX (and elsewhere), I hope you'll linger …
Pre-Launch Announcement kicks off Thebaid Project
We are officially in the "Pre-Launch" phase of the North American Thebaid Photographic Pilgrimage Project. The initial crowdfunding campaign will be launching very soon now, as the last components are put in place this coming week. I think it is especially fitting that my first public presentation on the Thebaid Project — to my home parish …
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What is a ‘Thebaid’?
What is a “thebaid”? Per the Catholic Encyclopaedia, The valley of the Nile, under Roman domination, was divided into four provinces: Lower and Upper Egypt, Lower and Upper Thebaid. The last two comprised the upper part of the valley. During the fourth to fifth centuries it was the chosen land of the monks, who by their sanctity and by the form they impressed on the monastic system greatly influenced …
OCA Monastic Synaxis looks to ‘Creative Methods’ to Nurture Vocations
Key Points of Convergence show how the Thebaid Project resonates with the Monastic Mission of the OCA. The timing and topics of the Orthodox Church in America's 2015 Monastic Synaxis could not have been more significant. While His Beatitude, Metropolitan Tikhon, His Eminence, Archbishop Benjamin of the Diocese of the West, and fourteen superiors from among …
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