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, …

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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 …

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Relaunching the Thebaid Website

Plus, OrthoChristian.com article on the book Greetings for Lazarus Saturday & Palm Sunday, and the Passion Week of our Lord Jesus Christ ~ Prophet Elias Chapel at St Anthony the Great Monastery in Florence, AZ. © Ralph H. Sidway, All Rights Reserved. You long-time subscribers and fellow pilgrims may have noticed some extensive changes to …

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