Parish visits and a special encounter with a monastic writer and abbot, plus great travel weather, have 'put the wind in my sails' for this major leg of my American Thebaid Pilgrimage. Sorry for the spotty posting lately, but my limited multitasking capabilities have been limited to a variety of deadline-driven tasks. Now that I'm …
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Special Thebaid Presentation at St Symeon Food & Culture Fair, Sat. April 28!
I hope you can join me for the St Symeon Food & Culture Fair for a special day of events, presentations, beautiful chorale music, food, exhibits, church tours, and much more. I will be giving an introductory presentation on Orthodox Christian Monasticism throughout the day, featuring photographs from over a dozen monasteries in North America …
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Thebaid Project Update – January 2018
Continued growth and progress as we pass the midpoint of the Thebaid Project, but we need contributions to keep gas in the tank! This was originally posted to our GoFundMe and Indiegogo crowdfunding sites last week. Thebaid Project Update, January 2018 Dear Friends, Supporters, and Fellow Thebaid Pilgrims, I hope you all had a blessed …
The Thebaid Pilgrimage Resumes – Dormition Monastery, Rives Jct MI
Travel and photography for 2018 begins with pilgrimage to Dormition Monastery in Rives Jct MI
Thebaid Presentation at St. Mary of Egypt (OCA), Norcross GA
My heartfelt thanks to Hieromonk Cyprian (DuRant, rector) and the parish of St Mary of Egypt Orthodox Church (OCA), in Norcross GA, for hosting me this past Sunday. The Divine Liturgy was beautiful in this handsome wood-timbered church, itself reminiscent of churches in the Russian north. In spite of the epic snowfall two days before, the …
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The North American Thebaid 