Feast Day: Vigil (album)

Friday, July 11, 2025

Welcoming our friends:

Fr. Ephraim of St. Nilus Skete near Kodiak, Alaska

Fr. Nikola of St. Basil of Ostrog Church in Lake Forest, Illinois

Fr. Jesse of St. Jacob of Alaska Church in Marquette, Michigan

& all guests who made the pilgrimage from near and far

Vespers for Sts. Peter & Paul in our chapel

Papa Ephraim

First meal in the new guest hall refectory

First meal in the new guest hall refectory

Evening preparations for trapeza feast day meal on Saturday

 FORWARD!

Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

✞ Saint Paul the Apostle (Epistle to the Philippians 3:13-14)

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In the spirit of Saint Paul, the Apostle to the Nations, we are building a monastery that brings the Athonite tradition to life in the English language.