a photographic pilgrimage to Orthodox Christian monasteries across the continent
For some time I have been collecting videos on Orthodox Christian monasticism in North America and from around the world. I've created a couple of special YouTube playlists to share these glimpses into the monastic way, and have set them up on a special Video page. Also included is the promo video for the North …
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WE HAVE THE PRIVILEGE of living in an age in which stone piled upon stone no longer remains. The last consequence of the values and and ideals exalted by Western society has been the disintegration of society. I consider it a quite positive and challenging fact to live in a culture in ruins. Those values …
Listen to the archived program at Ancient Faith Radio... +++ This looks most interesting, and will be a perfect follow-up to Alexei Krindatch’s fine new book, Atlas of American Orthodox Christian Monasteries. Mother Christophora is, for those who don’t know, the abbess of the Orthodox Monastery of the Transfiguration in Ellwood City PA (coming up on …
Continue reading Ancient Faith Radio to host Live Call-In show on Monasticism in America
Monastics are a sign to the world, and to the Church in particular, that there are persons, men and women, whose love for Christ and zeal for following His call is so extreme as to lead them to literally "deny themselves, take up their cross, and follow Him." This is the visible, radical, total response …
Continue reading ‘Fire in the Desert’ – The Radical Call of Monasticism
by Fr. Stephen Freeman, Glory to God for All Things, November 24, 2015 Nothing exists in general. If something is beautiful or good, it is manifest in a particular way at a particular time such that we can know it. And this is our true life. A life lived in a “generalized” manner is no …
The North American Thebaid 