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Holy Transfiguration Monastery
- There are many misconceptions about what monasticism is. It may be worthwhile to begin by saying that Orthodox monasticism is not divided into differing orders, each having its own mission or orientation. Every Orthodox monk and nun has the same vocation: to become like Mary seated at our Saviour's feet, attending to His words and the one thing needful. Neither is monasticism a preparation for the priesthood, or a step to anything else; it is simply an end in itself, the following of Christ through a life of prayer free of worldly distraction.
There are three basic modes of monastic life followed to achieve this: that of the solitary; that of the "skete"—two or three monks living under the direction of a spiritual guide—and that of the cenobium, or community, living in obedience to an abbot.
Our community follows the cenobitic, communal rule, with elements of a hesychast (solitary) typicon. It was founded in 1961 here in the Boston area by Fr. Panteleimon, a monk of Greek descent, who became a monk on the Holy Mountain of Athos in Greece in the Russian Monastery of Saint Panteleimon. On the Holy Mountain, he also learned much about monasticism under the hesychast fathers of New Skete. Fr. Panteleimon was the last and youngest disciple of the Blessed Elder Joseph the Cave Dweller and it was with Fr. Joseph's blessings that Fr. Panteleimon undertook the establishment of a monastic community in the United States. After the blessed repose of Fr. Joseph on the Feast of the Dormition of the Mother of God in 1959, his co-struggler Fr. Arsenius became the Elder of the community at New Skete, and hence, also of our fledgling community here. In 1965, Fr. Panteleimon, by the express wishes of Fr. Arsenius, was ordained a priest by a bishop of the Jerusalem Patriarchate, and from that time the small community began an independent existence from the fathers at New Skete, as a metochion of the Athonite Monastery of Saint Paul's.
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Antioch Abouna
- The ramblings, rants and musings of an Antiochian Orthodox Christian priest ... politics, science, theology, science fiction ... it's all in here!
Father Gregory
Stockport, Cheshire, United Kingdom
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beginningCatholic
- The Becoming Catholic Blog is my mini-journal about everything for those interested in becoming Catholic. It...
Lets you know whenever any new Web pages appear on beginningCatholic.com, helping you learn about something important in the Catholic faith
Tells you about any other postings or news about the Roman Catholic Church
Points out important articles that you might otherwise miss.
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Church of the Nativity of Christ
- The Church of the Nativity of Christ is a Russian Orthodox Old Rite parish located in Erie, Pennsylvania. Our parish is a part of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (ROCOR) and is led by Archpriest Pimen Simon and Priest Theodore Jurewicz under the authority of Bishop Daniel.
We have regular weekly services on Saturday nights and Sunday mornings, as well as on special feasts. Our services are performed mostly in English, although some hymns and prayers remain in Slavonic.
We invite you to explore our new website to learn more about our parish, the Old Rite and Orthodox Christianity. Thank you for visiting us!
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Eastern Orthodox Librarian
- Welcome to the Eastern Orthodox Librarian Blog. It's simple, this Blog is intended to stimulate conversation among people interested in libraries, librarians who are Orthodox Christians, or librarians who work with libraries and institutes that contain collections on Eastern Orthodoxy. Other than that, it is my place to post interesting articles on Eastern Orthodox libraries and educational topics.
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Father Stephen - Glory to God for All Things
- Glory to God for All Things
Orthodox Christianity, Culture and Religion, Making the Journey of Faith - Knowing God
The Orthodox “experience” if I can use such a phrase, is the confirmation in the heart of the truth we have received as we grow in grace and in purity of heart. But the truth of the faith must be confirmed in such a living manner or it simply becomes an historical item and the Church would be a collection of antiquarians and not the living temple of God. For my knowledge of God is also my life in God. Life, light, truth, knowledge - all of these have something of a synomymous character.
Father Stephen.
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Father Waldemar's Blog
- Welcome to Father Waldemar's Blog
The purpose of this Blog is to present to the reader the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Orthodox Church, the ancient Church that preaches the timeless truth in the modern world, for the purpose of deification of us all.
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Glimpses of Christian History
- leading site for the history of the Christian religion and church history through the centuries, including Jesus Christ and his apostles, early Christianity, Christian women, famous sayings, and useful books. We also issue the colorful and factual Glimpses.
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Hesychasm
- Library of Books, Articles and Links on Hesychasm;
Online Books and Patristic Sources on Hesychasm
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OrthodoxWiki
- Welcome to OrthodoxWiki, a free-content encyclopedia and information center for Orthodox Christianity that anyone can edit. In this English version, started in November 2004, we are currently working on 2,411 articles. Please register or login to post or revise content.
The OrthodoxWiki editors have taken St. John of Damascus as their heavenly patron and intercessor as they seek to further the worship and knowledge of the All-Holy Trinity and the faith of the Orthodox Church by means of these pages.
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