a photographic pilgrimage to Orthodox Christian monasteries across the continent
This serious article is a valuable resource for those of us seeking to live the Life in Christ in these last days, and may be read and re-read profitably. Fr. Seraphim Rose (†1982) is a saint for our time, a trustworthy guide and example for us as we struggle against the deluge of apostasy, madness, …
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First Saint of the North American Thebaid Saint Herman of Alaska, America’s first canonized saint, was an Orthodox Christian monk of holy life who lived in Valaam Monastery in Russia. In 1794, along with nine other monastics he was sent to Alaska to evangelize the natives there. In time St. Herman would become the sole survivor …
"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 …
This article, originally a talk given by the author at the Skete of St. Seraphim of Sarov in Moss Beach, California some twenty years ago, breathes the fragrance of the Thebaid, and movingly conveys the Orthodox 'phronema', the Mind of the Church, which reminds us that, "The whole aim of our life is to become holy, …
The North American Thebaid 