Monasteries have been part of the life of the Orthodox Church since the third century. During persecutions in the Roman Empire some Christians fled from the cities into the desert, as refugees. There they prayed, and some of them discovered that the spiritual struggle they faced in the desert was a bigger challenge than that against a hostile
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Another nice touch was that we had the Paraklesis for St Nektarius. There were a lot of people there from St Nektarius parish in Orange Grove, and they all sang it lustily. In many parishes it is only the choir, or a Psalti, that sing, and the congregation stand there with a mouth full of teeth. It was a good beginning.
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(It is such a pity I was not able to go there today... Well, maybe some other day).
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Are the monastics just Fr Spyridon and Fr Panteleimon at the present?
Smitty - http://pistevo.blogspot.com
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Tha palms and icons make for an interesting juxtoposition
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