Monastery News

In light of his medical condition and his profound lifelong desire to end his days in the Great and Angelic Schema (the fullness of the monastic life), Archimandrite Seraphim recently asked the monastery's bishop, Metropolitan Nicholas, to tonsure him as a...
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The liturgical schedule for Holy Week has been posted.
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Following the Akathist Service to the Most Holy Mother of God on Friday evening, Fr. Martin was tonsured to the riassa (the first stage in becoming a monk following the novitiate). The tonsure was performed in the presence of the...
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For the past month or so, our abbot Archimandrite Seraphim has been experiencing certain symptoms: loss of peripheral vision, some lack of coordination etc. On Friday, March 14th he visited his ophthalmologist to have his vision checked; the doctor suspected...
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By the grace of God, in the past year we have gotten significantly closer to completing the new church. In particular, the new trapeza (monastic dining hall) and kitchen on the lower level are nearly finished, with the plumbers and electricians installing the commercial kitchen equipment at the time of this writing.