A few days ago, a good friend sent me this link to a brief article by Terry Mattingly (to whom I am very grateful) about our Monastery: http://easternchristianinsights.blogspot.ro/2014/04/building-orthodox-monastery-on-isle-of.html I read it, and I was amazed (again!) by the madness of the whole … Read More

I finally have some internet access! Mother Cassiana has ‘descended’ from the mountains into Colorado Springs to do some shopping, so I can use the internet for a few hours in a cafe (quite a beautiful place, Agia Sophia Cafe, … Read More

In a few minutes, I shall leave New York and return to Mother Cassiana’s monastery in Lake George, Colorado. Glory be to God, I am SO happy to be in a monastery during Holy Week and Pascha! Until the end … Read More

Ben Anderson’s The McGunnegal Chronicles return to support the monastery. Until the end of April, 50% of all book sales proceeds for all books in the series will go to our Monastery. The Chronicles began as a long series of bedtime … Read More

Clearly, the most visible thing that’s happened is that I got slightly exhausted (I know that’s impossible; I am in fact absolutely exhausted, but we cannot afford it right now, and it does no good to focus on that, so … Read More

The sure sign of closeness to glory is the closeness of humility. Rejoice in your humility – its presence in your heart testifies that Christ has found His home in there, too. We’re clearly during Lent… The more days go … Read More

We (humans) seem to have a deep fascination with hell, eternal fire and all related elements. We (the Orthodox) like to condiment our prayers with images of hell, we adorn our churches with huge icons of the Last Judgement or … Read More

I must start with an apology for not posting anything this week. My visit at Holy Cross has been simply overwhelming – I’d forgotten that people in American parishes are so (dangerously) active and involved! On Sunday, I left Linthicum … Read More

Well, this is something I’ve been looking forward to! My story with Fr Gregory and the Holy Cross parish in Linthicum Heights started three years ago. In 2011, I received a research grant at the Library of Congress, in Washington DC; … Read More

WHAT a joy my visit to the OCA Cathedral in New York has proved to be! Who would have thought that I would feel so welcome among these extreme urbanites 🙂 First, the church itself is breath-taking: not only beautiful, … Read More