Please forgive me for missing this week’s videos, audio messages, emails and everything else. On Sunday morning, I woke up paralysed from shoulders up. Things only got worse with time, and by Monday I was in the Emergency Room in … Read More

My dear ones, I’m writing to ask for your forgiveness at the beginning of Lent, and to forgive you for any way in which you may have hurt me or the Monastery. May we all be forgiven, may we all … Read More

This is by far the most common question we get regarding our annual Pilgrimage to the Monasteries in Moldavia. Given the nightmare of the ongoing war in Ukraine, the risk that Russia may also invade the Republic of Moldavia is … Read More

We invite you to join us on our Pilgrimage to the Monasteries of Moldavia, August 26 – September 5. The total cost for the 11-day pilgrimage is 1900 GBP and it includes accommodation in my home Monastery, all meals, transport … Read More

I pray this finds you and everyone you carry in your heart well and healthy, slowly and joyfully moving towards Christmas. I am writing to let you know that we have announced the weeks of pilgrimage to the Scottish Isles … Read More

We are tired of all this waiting. We are tired of this coronavirus nightmare. Our life is on hold, everything is on hold and we are tired of waiting for ‘real life’ to return to normal. There’s a sense that … Read More

We have no patience. Our generation has no patience. Our parents’ generation had no patience. From Adam’s Fall to the last man on Earth, we all make the same spiritual mistake – we do not want to listen to God … Read More

Hold on to your spiritual sanity, my dear, dear ones. This crisis is NOT a conspiracy against the Church, this is not directed against the Divine Liturgy or the Sacraments. The real danger is to allow the voices that tell … Read More

Today (and every day – in centuries past and centuries ahead; in this created time and in His eternity) Christ comes. He always comes, He always searches, He always abandons Himself so He may find me, and you, and all … Read More

“We cut the trees; we kill the animals or cage them and send them to markets. We disrupt ecosystems, and we shake viruses loose from their natural hosts. When that happens, they need a new host. Often, we are it.” … Read More