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  • by Le Troupeau Bénit
  • Aug 09, 2022

2022 Feast day Schedule of Saint Joseph the Hesychast

Join us at the monastery, on Tuesday August 16th 2022 at 8:30 am for the celebration of the feast day of our Holy Father among the Saints Joseph t...

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  • Aug 07, 2022

Our most speedy intercessor by St. John of Kronstadt

Thank our most speedy intercessor, our Lady the Theotokos, the most blameless, ever blessed Virgin Mary, for saving us from the harassment and att...

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  • Aug 06, 2022

Blessed feast of the Transfiguration of Christ

Awake, ye sluggards, lie not forever on the ground; and ye thoughts that draw my soul toward the earth, arise and go up to the high slope of the d...

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  • Aug 03, 2022

The Panagia is the greatest safety of man by Saint Joseph the Hesychast

Grab the Icon of the Panagia in your arms as if she were alive, like you grabbed your mother when you were little. Tell her all your pain and sorr...

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  • Jul 30, 2022

O Virgin, rescue me...

O Virgin, in the hour of my death rescue me from the hands of the demons, and the judgment, and the accusation, and the frightful testing, and the ...

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  • Jul 23, 2022

Prayer by force by St. Ambrose of Optina

If you do not feel like praying, you have to force yourself. The Holy Fathers say that prayer with force is higher than prayer unforced. You do not...

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  • Jul 16, 2022

Saint Marina intercede for us.

O Glorious Marina, once betrothed to the Logos, you relinquished all worldly concerns and brilliantly gave struggle as a virginal beauty. You sound...

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  • Jul 16, 2022

Paraklesis service 2022 - Commemorate your living loved ones

Paraklesis service 2022 - Commemorate your living loved ones - Dormition Fast Send us your names for the Paraklesis service to the Mother of God On...

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  • Jun 12, 2022

Blessed feast of the Pentecost

“The true aim of our Christian life consists in the acquisition of the Holy Spirit of God.” St. Seraphim of Sarov, "A Wonderful Revelation to the W...

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  • May 29, 2022

Sunday of the blind man

I come to You, O Christ, as the man blind from birth. With the eyes of my soul blinded, I cry out to You in repentance, "You are the resplendent Li...

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  • May 26, 2022

Either do not sin, or repent...

If you have sinned, acknowledge the sin and repent. God will forgive the sin and once again give you a new heart…and a new spirit (Ez. 36:26). Ther...

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  • May 22, 2022

Tornado hits monastery

The tornado that hit the monastery on Saturday afternoon has caused severe damage to the premises. There is a complete power outage, interruption o...