Antiochian Monasteries

Etienne · Post by **Etienne** » Thu 27 May 2004 2:25 pm

There are several English speaking monks at St. Catherine's.........

Justin Kissel · Post by **Justin Kissel** » Thu 27 May 2004 2:28 pm

I believe that one of the monks at St. Theodore House (GOA) in Ohio was at one time Antiochian (though I'm not sure if he went GOA specifically because he wanted to be a monstic).

http://www.sttheodore.org/

PFC Nektarios · Post by **PFC Nektarios** » Thu 27 May 2004 6:50 pm

I dont want to do a Jurisdicitonal change, so I think I would have to go overseas.

In Christ
Nektarios

Vasily · Post by **Vasily** » Thu 27 May 2004 8:19 pm

Does anyone know why the Antiochians, who are the 2nd largest jurisdiction in America, have no monasteries? I am Antiochian and find this reality the second hardest thing for me to grasp about our synod.

If monasticism is the "barometer of Orthodoxy" I'm afraid we are seriously ill.

Basil

PFC Nektarios · Post by **PFC Nektarios** » Thu 27 May 2004 11:55 pm

They send alot of the hopefull monastics out of country I gusses. I was also told that alot of Antiochian are in OCA and GOA monasteries.

In Christ
Nektarios

Anastasios · Post by **Anastasios** » Fri 28 May 2004 12:00 pm

There is a trustee on the Archdiocesan board who is so opposed to monasticism that when it was brought up last time, he exclaimed, "monasticism is not part of the vision of the Antiochian Archdiocese!" LOL.

However, I hear that once the regime changes there might be some changes in the monasticism department.

anastasios

Vasily · Post by **Vasily** » Fri 28 May 2004 1:11 pm

That is basically what I have heard . . . which seems absolutely dreadful! I actually heard Metropolitan Philip himself had bad experiences in monasteries as a child or something, but I can't substantiate that story.