St Brendan’s Voyage – An Inspiration for the Thebaid Pilgrimage Project

Here is a deeply inspiring contemplation (podcast) of the life of St Brendan the Voyager, the Irish monk who set out on his epic pilgrimage with no destination, yet who found his eternal, spiritual destination, and made an enduring impact on Christianity in the British Isles, Ireland and Scotland as a result. He has quickly …

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A Call for ‘Radical Monastic Renewal’ within the Orthodox Church

Nothing less "than a radical renewal and growth of monasticism within Orthodoxy will meet the crisis of the coming deluge." From 'A Festival of Celtic Orthodoxy', by Fr. Stephen Freeman, Glory to God for All Things Blog, May 12, 2016: Perhaps the most striking aspect of Celtic Christianity was the role of monasticism. The missions to …

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