as a kitchen worker at his monastery, he practiced God’s presence thanking him and being aware of him every step of his day. Every dish that he would wash, every counter that he would clean, every plate that he would serve; he would recognize ...
The Monastery of St. Anthony in Egypt has been active for almost 2,000 years. Here is a presentation on the restoration of the original Coptic iconography:https://artsandculture.google.com/story/resurrecting-the-monastery-of-st-anthony-american-research-center-in-egypt/tgXBRioluve_Dg?hl=en Co...
Back in France, Avraham entered a monastery and stayed there for two years. The year 1992 marked the 500th anniversary of the expulsion of Jews from Spain, seven years after the family left Israel. Avraham arrived in Toledo in ’92 for the commemoration, and was so moved by the ceremony,...
This ritual, which purified and transformed the body and soul of the dying, was so powerful that anyone who subsequently recovered was required to retire into a monastery for life. Under the influence of Mosaic law, Irish priests avoided contact with corpses. Perhaps as a consequence, they ...
Kiev court orders representatives of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) to vacate the Eletsky Monastery in Chernigov Pro Bono attorney announces a television broadcast in the US featuring a segment about persecution of the UOC A rally of Orthodox faithful and clergy held in support of the per...
Another priceless manuscript is the Codex Sinaiticus, discovered in 1844 by German scholar Tischendorf at the monastery of St. Catherine near Mount Sinai. In 1859 he presented it to the Czar of Russia at St. Peresburg, where, three years later, it was published by Tischendorf. In 1933 fo...
When I came into Orthodoxy, a priest monk helped lift me into the ark of Orthodoxy, and I treasure the times spent with him and other fathers at the monastery. Another father in the Church to whom I was close baptized me and instructed me in the parish where I came into Orthodoxy. ...
Learning about Mosaics at the Franciscan Monastery Fourth grade has been studying Byzantine art and architecture recently. In particular, we have studied the reign of Byzantine Emperor Justinian the Great. Durin... Read More You can hear stories about our teachers and students, or see news and...
Every ten years monks in the monastery are allowed to break their vow of silence and speak two words. Ten years passes and it's one monk’s chance to speak. He thinks hard and finally says "Bed Hard." Ten more years pass and again the monk get to speak two words. He says, "Food...
Paul Quenon on the shelf of a monastery gift shop in Georgia in a thin volume from a small press. I soon realized it was ironic to find him on a shelf, because to know his poetry is to know that he’s rarely indoors, let alone settled in the way one assumes of a Trappist. I ...