The second Monastic Synaxis of the Romanian Orthodox Archdiocese in the Americas Held
On July 13 and 14, 2013 the second Monastic Synaxis of the monasteries of the Romanian Orthodox Archdiocese in the Americas was held at the monastery dedicated ...
Tag: Monastery
Freedom in the Kingdom of God
Spiritually there exists a difference between the life of the Orthodox lay person and the life of the Orthodox monastic. One is never to surrender their free w...
Introduction to the Monastic Life
Mother Magdalena from the Monastery of the Transfiguration in Ellwood City, PA was the speaker at a Fall retreat at St. Ignatius Antiochian Orthodox Church in F...
Vocations and Sharing our Faith
The other day I linked to an article debunking reasons for women to become nuns. The article was written by, and for a Roman Catholic audience but there were s...
Dark Asceticism
Dr. Al Rossi, Adjunct Professor of Pastoral Theology at St. Vladimir’s Seminary in New York, has a newly released podcast on Ancient Faith Radio dealing w...
Metropolitan Jonah: Building American Orthodox Monasticism in the 21st Century
I came across this talk given by Metropolitan Jonah of the OCA during the Friends of Mount Athos conference held recently in the UK. In light of my previous po...
Kalmoukos on Monasteries
August 20, 2012 ~ UPDATE: When I wrote this essay some time back I was not in full command of the facts. I had a wonderful conversation today with Mr. Kalmou...
5 Reasons to Visit a Monastery
(Originally published on OCN’s The Sounding) Published here with Permission Introduction: Journeying by boat to visit their beloved spiritual father, Constantin...
New Book Release
Listening to the Heartbeat of GodHow to Enter into the Ancient Orthodox Life of PrayerBy V. Rev. Hieromonk Peter-Michael PrebleISBN: 978-192865342-4Price $9.95P...