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St. Anthony the Great, to whom the monastery is dedicated.. In the summer of 1995, Elder Ephraim (a former abbot of Philotheou Monastery on Mount Athos with a history of restoring and repopulating previous monasteries) sent six monks of Athonite heritage to the Sonoran Desert of Arizona with aims to establish a new monastery in the name of Saint Anthony the Great, the father of monasticism.
Geronda Ephraim of Arizona (Greek: Γέροντας Ἐφραὶμ Ἀριζόνας; June 24, 1928 – December 7, 2019) was a revered Greek Orthodox hieromonk, Athonite elder, and archimandrite in the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America under the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Constantinople. He became well known for his extensive spiritual ...
English: Cross among trees at St Anthony Monastery (Florence, Arizona) Date: 26 March 2019: Source: Own work: ... St. Anthony's Greek Orthodox Monastery (Florence ...
While the majority of the Christian world celebrate Christmas Day on 25 December, for many of the world's 200 million Orthodox Christians, the birth of Jesus Christ is marked on 7 January.
The Transfiguration of Jesus was a major theme in the East and every Eastern Orthodox monk who had trained in icon painting had to prove his craft by painting an icon of the Transfiguration. [60] However, while Western depictions increasingly aimed at realism , in Eastern icons a low regard for perspective and alterations in the size and ...
Acheiropoieta (Medieval Greek: αχειροποίητα, lit. ' made without hand '; sg. acheiropoieton) — also called icons made without hands (and variants) — are Christian icons which are said to have come into existence miraculously; not created by a human. Invariably these are images of Jesus or the Virgin Mary.
Holy Trinity Monastery Greek Orthodox Monastery, Smith Creek, Michigan. Hieromonk Joseph. Spiritual Father: Elder Ephraim of Arizona. Panagia Pammakaristou Greek Orthodox Monastery, Lawsonville, North Carolina. Hieromonk Nektarios. Spiritual Father: Elder Ephraim of Arizona. St. Nektarios Greek Orthodox Monastery, Roscoe, New York.
The New Skete monks' path from Catholic to Orthodox The small community — today comprising 10 monks and about the same number of adult German shepherds — was started by Franciscan friars who were seeking a more contemplative yet rooted spiritual structure than the Catholic orders were providing them, said Brother Marc.