A monastic hike around Fisher Pond No Patronal Feast Pilgrimage this Year Following last year’s 25th Anniversary of the founding of All-Merciful Saviour Monastery we have decided to make this year’s celebration a quiet, monastic observation. We had an increasing number of young men inquiring about the monastic life during
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Library and Community Room () We must never cease our struggle to pursue virtue, for God is with us in all His goodness and mercy and perfection. With great zeal we must seek Him out, lest we stumble and regress. With love in Christ, Abbot Tryphon Wednesday August 1, 2012
You were Created to be an Instrument of God’s Glory If you think you are simply the result of a random evolutionary happening, you are wrong. You were created, molded if you will, by the Father of Lights. You were granted life by God in order to enter into a
The Lord requires that we act in accordance with the knowledge we have been given and to follow His commandments. He gives us the power to live a godly life, for nothing is beyond our ability to do His will. God blesses us especially when we struggle with passions, temptations,
Our rare hydrangea, together with the Celtic Cross As we struggle to make spiritual progress we do battle with the old self. We work against old habits that have kept us stuck and prevented the change we so desire in our quest for communion with God. Our sins and passions
Our Response to God’s love Casts Aside all Estrangement When we feel estranged from God it is a true sign we are in need of working more diligently on building up our faith. Faith is a gift from God that requires our cooperation and when we are feeling dry we
By practicing mercy we drive out the passions that diminish our love for God and neighbor, and bring healing to ourselves and those around us. With love in Christ,Abbot Tryphon John and Andrew, Pilgrims from Los Angeles Friday July 27, 2012 8th Week after Pentecost. Tone six. Fast. By Monastic
The Mantia of Saint John the Wonderworker I have just returned from my pilgrimage to the Bay Area of Northern California, where I was able to venerate the relics of Saint John the Wonderworker in the Cathedral of the Holy Virgin “Joy of All Who Sorrow”. As well, I accompanied
What we put into our minds does make a difference The recent tragic event that took place in Aurora, Colorado that resulted in the deaths of twelve people, including a six year old girl, and the shooting of seventy others, should be a wake up call for American, but it
Daniel and Isaiah explore monasticism If we do not see the fleetingness of the happiness of this world, we will one day find it’s bitterness. Only in the Kingdom of God, which is within, can we find the joy that is of an everlasting nature, a joy that penetrates our