Left to right: Stavrophore Monk Fr. Matthew-almost 6O yrs. of age, has need of prayer for blood clots, and bone disease, he prostrated so much over the years, he is in constant pain, and never complains, very good and holy monk....Our former + Archbishop Sofrony , to his right:
Fr. Porfiri, to extreme right in the picture is myself Stavrophore Monk Father John and seated is Monk Fr . Josif-May his Memory Be Eternal...this man was a saint, at his burial, whole coffin lit up like white radiant miraclous event...
Please know we still love the Archbishop shown above and highly esteem him and Fr. Porfiri, it is just that we left for personal reasons and it is not them personally we had problems with.....we did not go along with ECUMENISM, WHICH SOMEONE DID, I ASSURE YOU IT WAS NOT OUR ARCHBISHOP OR FATHER PORFIRI...THEY ARE GOOD AND HOLY, WE ASSURE YOU, AND AS MONKS, IT IS BEST TO BE SILENT, JUDGE NO ONE, LOOK AT ONE'S OWN SINS AND PRAY, PRAY, PRAY..EVEN IF THEY WERE NOT GOOD, PRAY FOR THEM, BUT WE ASSURE YOU THEY ARE GOOD AND HOLY ARCHBISHOP AND HE, FR. PORFIRI, THE PRIEST, VERY, VERY, HOLY...we felt ECUMENISM WAS MAKING INROADS NOT WITH OUR HIERARCH AND CLERGY, BUT INROADS WAS BEING MADE, THAT IS ALL WE CAN SAY OR WILL SAY....WE WERE NOT EXCOMMUNICATED OR ANY THING AGAINST US, WE SAID GOODBYE TO THEM, NOT THEY TO US, AND IT WAS ECUMENISM WE STOOD AGAINST....
So pray for all of us in picture, including Archbishop Sofrony and ourselves . The Ecumenism involved a monk (not living here in ND, but near our Archbishop, and this monk we stood up against and apparently no one even tried to commend us for standing up against Ecumenism.....nor was the monk punished or admonished in any way, so we left our jurisdiction.....so we have suffered this, but to stand against Ecumenism , we had no choice, but to confront it, so let us pray that all will leave the modern errors of ecumenism, even if that means having no means of support....
so please pray for us and please, anyone who can teach us how to go on the internet, have web presence, where to buy or purchase items to sell on our monastic site, please, help us and that is why we need your financial help so we can be self sufficient.....we had help in the past from our Hierarch and people, but when we stood up against the errors, we were left to fend for ourselves, and we have asked all of you on the list to please help us with all we mentioned, fuel, car insurance, etc....
Fr. Matthew has blood clots in his legs, how can he possibly stand for 8 hours at secular job? I have leaky valve, which only gives me several hours to work, but together, if you help us Brethren: we can pay all of our bills, go on the internet and sell lestovkas, icons, incense, like the other monasteries....but we need your expertise, your knowledge, your financial and spiritual help..please look in past posts and you will see the fuel, and all we listed, and whatever the Holy spirit tells you, please send to help us, whatever the MOst Holy Theotokos, the Bogoroditsa would have inspired you to send, please, for the love of her, help us poor monks.....
you are all most welcome once our guest house is fixed up also...no tank and no heat for guest house, so please above all pray....
We received a beautiful note from a person, who said I have been praying for you since you posted , since we posted, and they went on to say how sorry, how profoundly sorry they had no money, but their prayers were being offered day and night for us....
do you know that as monks, prayer for us and we for you is like incense arising to the throne of God and with tears streaming down my eyes, that little note from this person lifted our spirits so greatly, we have HOPE....WE WERE SUFFERING TERRIBLE, ALMOST DEMONIC DESPAIR, but we have come out of that, and only 4 so far have helped us , but we have come out of that despair, becuase a Godly Orthdox soul wrote us and said : "Fathers, I am praying for you." Please, you pray for us, please and if you can help us , we are very grateful and if you cannot, know that we desire prayer , for it is prayer that has started some of you to send to us, to come to the aid of us poor monks....
we must beg if we have no support, but I pray soon we have web presence and e store to sell religious items, icons, lestovkas, icons, so know we are most grateful and day and night we are praying for each and everyone of you on this list.....
come and visit us once we have guest house ready for you...needs work, propane tank, propane and stove and new cabinets..once done, you come and know all are welcome...we send our love, gratitude, and our bows to all of you....yes, we bow to all, for the Holy Trinity LIVES IN YOU......
God Bless You.
Pray for us, especially our health...both of us have applied for SSI, but that can take up to 2 years to get, this is why we need your help with our bills, and also to get on the internet like the other monasteries and sell items....WE DESIRE ONLY TO HAVE A HAND UP, SUPPORT OURSELVES, AND TO HAVE HELP SO WE CAN PRAY, AND NOT WORRY 24 hours a day if our fuel will dry up, or electric be turned off.....
with your help dear Brethren, we can support ourselves, we do not desire anything materially, truly we do not, only to help us help ourselves, so we can pay our bills and pray for YOU AND ALL.
God Bless You and May the Lord our Christ God, His all Pure Mother, the Theotokos grace you and all our God Bearing and Light Illuminating Saints Grace you all....
with deep affection in our Christ God , your Brethren, unworthy monks: stavrophore Fr. John and Matthew.