Monastery News

From the Union of Orthodox Journalists: Your Eminences and Your Graces! Most honorable fathers! Dear brothers and sisters! During turbulent trials for the Ukrainian people, our Church, like a loving mother, embraces all Her children with its prayers and mercy. Just...
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On Sunday, August 27th and Monday, August 28th, we celebrated services for the Dormition of the Mother of God. During the All-Night Vigil, the Lamentations to the Theotokos were served, followed later in the service by a procession with the Plaschanitsa (Burial Shroud) of the Mother of God.
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Last month, we shared the story of the cornerstone blessing for our new church that took place in May.
Now we have turned the story into a beautiful short film. It's the first in a new series of videos promoting our church construction effort. We hope you find it edifying and inspiring. If you do, please share it widely!

On August 8-9, ROCOR’s First Hierarch Metropolitan Nicholas officiated the feast day celebrations of the monastery’s patron saint, the Holy Great-Martyr and Healer Panteleimon. Clergy from local ROCOR and Antiochian parishes concelebrated, and many local and out-of-state pilgrims made the...
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Abbot Seraphim recently sat down with the designer of our new church, Andrew Gould, for a conversation about the spiritual significance of the church's architecture-- especially for us modern Americans living in a world increasingly characterized by superficiality.
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