Solan, France: Orthodox nuns in France conserve forest - Solan orthodox monastery

  

Pascha at the Monastery of Vatopedi – 2015 VIDEO

On the Modern World By Vladyka Averky of Jordanville with a brief introduction by Fr. Seraphim Rose VIDEO

Svyato-Spassky Convent in Kostomarovo, Russia PHOTO

  

Google Academy Launches Joint Project with the Trinity-Sergius Lavra ,Russia

   

Russian monks have set up a mozzarella factory in defiance of Putin's Italian food ban VIDEO

   

Optina Pustyn: Spiritual retreat of Tolstoy and Dostoevsky

  

Israeli archaeologists discover Byzantine-era monastery PHOTO

 

SUMELA MONASTERY READY FOR ORTHODOX RITUAL

 

Monks from the Kiev-Caves Lavra stand between police and demonstrators in Kiev

            

Monks from the Kiev-Caves Lavra Fr. Gabriel, Fr. Melchisedek, and Fr. Ephraim stood on Grushevsky Street in Kiev with a cross and icons, between the demonstrators and the Ukrainian special police force “Berkut”, and stopped the conflict. They entered the arena as peace-makers, and not in support of one side or the other.

ROMANIA: Snagov Monastery

           

 Snagov monastery church is built following a plan Athonite. It is the only medieval church in Romania constructed in such (late replicas begin to appear between the two world wars).

Picture of the day: The monastery of Saint Catherine at Sinai snowy PHOTO

 

Elder Ephraim of Arizona - Death and Hell

      

GREECE: Visiting Meteora and the Monasteries

 

 The monastery of Saint Stephan in Meteora 

Meteora is a complex of Eastern Orthodox monasteries built the into natural sandstone pillars on the northwestern edge of the Plain of Thessaly.

TURKEY: Pilgrimage to Monastery Panagia Sumela by the football club of Apollo - Limassol, Cyprus PHOTO

Historic Monastery of Panagia Sumela in Trabzon - Turkey, visited a group of players and members of the board Apollon Limassol - Cyprus. 

Recipes : Mount Athos Tahini Soup – ready for winter

 

 From the Holy Monastery of Simonopetra, Mount Athos

Ingredients
For 4-6 Servings

Turkey to turn Monastery of Saint John of Stoudios into mosque

    

The largest Byzantium monastery in Istanbul will be converted into a mosque after its restoration next year.

The Desolation of a Monk's Dreams -- The Monastery of St. George, Judean Desert

Hiding in folds of the Judean Desert are ancient monasteries which, since ancient times, have given hermits the desolation of their dreams. Orthodox Christians -- whether from Palestine, Greece, Russia, or Ethiopia -- enliven these monasteries today, as they have since the sixth century.

Mount Athos >> Religious tourism for some, a lifelong home for others

Half the world is barred from this place. No women allowed and no exceptions. You'll see no modern cars, technology nor any modern form of industry.

That is how Mount Athos has remained for thousands of years. It's like the Orthodox version of the Vatican, the small Chalkidiki community of 20 monasteries that has its own jurisdiction and closed borders.
The strict control hasn't deterred visitors. Now more than ever, people are making the pilgrimage to Mount Athos, in search of clarity, salvation or just for a unique experience.

Fire Causes Significant Losses to a Greek-Orthodox Monastery

 

The bushfire that has broken out in the Blue Mountains area, near Sydney, caused significant damages to the Greek Orthodox Monastery of Saint George.