Tidings Archives

As of 08 August 2007

St. Hilarion (TX) closes

As of 22 January 2004

St. Anthony (AZ) publishes 2004 Church Calendar

As of 17 July 2003

Western Rite Monastery in Rhode Island.

2 July 2002

Monastery Responds to Hayman Fire

Protection of the Holy Virgin Orthodox Monastery and Local Parishes Minister to the Displaced in Colorado

10 June 2002

Gallery of Western Saints Expanded

St Hilarion Monastery online gallery now exceeds 200 icons

12 May 2002

2002 OPF Conference at St. Tikhon Monastery

The second annual conference of the North American chapter of the Orthodox Peace Fellowship of the Protection of the Mother of God will meet at St Tikhon Seminary/Monastery in South Canaan PA on 19 June 2002.

5 April 2002

Normanby Nuns: British Orthodox convent faces extinction

17 December 2001

An Appeal form Decani Monastery Relief Fund USA:

It's freezing, and I am appealing to you to warm others with your great Christian love...

28 April 2001

Fr. Theologos Pantizopoulos Responds

There is a new website that contains an interview with a monk from one of Elder Ephraim's monasteries. This is the monk whose parents have been very vocal on the internet and labeling Geronta Ephraim as a cult leader. Their published letters have been used to give the impression that the monasteries of Fr. Ephraim are cult-like and encourage an unhealthy spirituality.

This article provides an excellent explanation and history of the controversy about these monasteries. The words of the monk who has been a focus of efforts to brand these monasteries as cults are well worth reading by anyone interested in a genuine monastic witness in the US. The article is located at http://www.athosinamerica.org/.

19 March 2001

• Orthodox Spanish Outreach. Most Comprehensive Web Site on Eastern Christianity Debuts

3 February 2001

• Prayer Island in Aiken, South Carlina. A Quiet Place to "Be still, and know that I am God..."

3 February 2001

• Monastery Facilities Vandalized. St. James Monastery and couple's dream destroyed

20 January 2001

• Monastic from St. Catherine (Sinai) Presentation on Personal Holiness. Fr. Makarios to Speak in Potomac Maryland 30 January 2001

As of 28 November 2000

• First Native Aleut Woman Tonsured on Alaskan Soil. Mother Capetolina takes vows at St. Innocent Orthodox Cathedral in Anchorage.

As of 18 July 2000

• A Pilgrimage to All Merciful Savior Monastery. Report of Parish Visit to Vashon Island, WA.

As of 20 December 1999

• Presentation Monastery Closed. Insufficient financial support closes Greek Monastery in Pennsylvania.

As of 15 December 1999

• Update on St. Isaac Skete. Information from Archbishop Lazar.

As of 25 November 1999

• First Orthodox New Testament in English. Holy Apostles Convent and Dormition Skete produce an Orthodox version of the New Testament in English.
• Wisconsin Monasteries Disassociate from ROCOR. St. Isaac Skete and the Convent of St. Silouan Return Antimens.

• Monastic Outreach in Tasmania. St Petroc Monastery Establishes a Mission Parish.

• Monastery Open House. St Anthony UAOC Monastery in Bass Lake, IN to hold an open house in November.

• URGENT APPEAL on behalf of Valaam Monastery. 550 people face a long Russian winter without adequate food. Can you help?
• Monastery Gets Computers. Local company makes donation to Computer Center at St Anthony UAOC Monastery in Bass Lake, IN.

• Gallery of Western Saints Online!. St Hilarion Monastery works to increase awareness of "Western" Orthodoxy.
• A Monastery Possibility for the Truely Adventurous. Tasmanian Lighthouse Needs Tenants.

• Old Sarum Rite Missal Available in English. Pre-Schism Western Rite Service Book Published by St Hilarion Monastery.

• Our Lady of Vladimir Nuns Need Your Help . Monastery under threat of seizure to prevent building.

• Holy Cross Monastery (CR) Dissolved. Two Former Carpatho-Russian Diocese Monastics accepted by Ukrainian Catholics.

• Monastery Seeks Help to Open Youth Center. The newly formed St Michael Taxiarchis Monastery in Scranton PA asks for assistance to help local young people.

• Mercy House Needs Your Help! Spiritual Warfare on the Mean Streets as Monks battle Drug-Dealers
  
  
• New Monastic Journal. St John Wonderworker (OCA) launches new publication.
  
  
• Holy Myrrhbearers Expansion Project. Major renovation and expansion in progress at Otego, NY Womens' Monastery