OCA Monastic Synaxis invites presentation on North American Thebaid Project

I was deeply honored to be invited to speak about the North American Thebaid Project at the OCA's recent Monastic Synaxis. The superiors, led by His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon, and Archbishop Nathaniel, had numerous excellent questions and insights, all of which further improve the Thebaid Project, and help it support monastic life even more than …

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Holy Myrrhbearers Monastery begins 40th year

OCA, Holy Myrrhbearers, May 13, 2016: His Beatitude, Metropolitan Tikhon, will preside at the celebration of the Hierarchical Divine Liturgy marking the opening of the 40th anniversary year of Holy Myrrhbearers’ Monastery here on the Sunday of the Holy Myrrhbearing Women, May 15, 2016. The Divine Liturgy, to which the faithful are warmly invited, will …

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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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