"To the reader, it will hardly sound surprising that the evil one is far from thrilled to hear that a man or woman wishes to profess monastic vows. If we imagine the whole body of the Church as an army of the faithful here on earth regarding the spiritual life, monks and nuns are like …
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Inspirations
The inspiration for the North American Thebaid Photographic Pilgrimage Project springs primarily from the example of seminarian Gleb Podmoshensky, whose 1961 pilgrimage to monastic sketes and settlements across the United States, Canada and Alaska, and his photographic slide show from these visits, had an inspiring and pivotal impact on a certain young man: Eugene Rose. Gleb …
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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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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