Thank you so much, Mother Gabriella for joining us here and allowing us to interview you here on Ancient Faith Radio. In 1993 an open air pavilion was built that serves as a Chapel for the Dormition Pilgrimage and other large gatherings during the summer months. The Bell Tower has been completed and the Gate House was finished in the Spring of 2007. 926); to Lambertown Rd. Mother Benedicta becomes abbess. We went to the monasteries on pilgrimages as children also. So Mother Benedicta agreed to come, so she traveled back to Romania, and then the petition was made through the immigration office that two nuns would come as religious workers to the United States. As we make a little bit of effort and experience the joy and the reward that we receive from that, then one would like to make even more effort to experience greater joy. 'https:' : 'http:') + '//cse.google.com/cse.js?cx=' + cx; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(gcse, s); })(); Church Office: P.O. Theyre inspired by the monastics, by their dedication to dedicate their lives to God more than others. The experience will be their own. From North- Take US127 South. At that time, it was Mother Alexandra who was the abbess there, and two other sisters, and they asked Mother Benedicta if she would come and help with establishing the community in Pennsylvania. The instrument has 3,200 pipes for a total of 49 registers on three manuals, the transmission is electric. Holy Dormition Monastery, Rives Jct MI - The North American Thebaid Holy Dormition Monastery, Rives Jct MI I am very pleased to finally be posting a new gallery of images from my pilgrimage to the Dormition of the Mother of God Orthodox Monastery in Rives Jct MI (OCA, Romanian Archdiocese). Interviewing Mother Gabriella was Ancient Faith Radios Patricia Kushiner. The Monastery is 1/4 of a mile down the road on the left hand side. This is the Lords doing and it is wonderful to see. Facebook | Sufficiently wide and level approach or gradually sloping ramp to door; doorway wider than 32 inches, with automatic door or one that is easily opened with minimum pressure or usher assistance; parking spaces large enough to accommodate vans with access aisle for discharge on either side of van; parking spaces designated with proper signage. Although someone must be the leader, the spokesperson for the community, we work together. And we had a friend of the family who had become a nun, and I met her that spring, as I was finishing high school. We write a journal, a monastic journal, three times a year. It was not something that she was trying to figure out or to learn, where it was her way of life, and it was organic, very natural. Mother Gabriella: There are a few basic differences between West and East with regards to monasticism. dormitionmonastery.org. I was initially somewhat worried regarding the courage the nuns had to establish a monastery in Rives Junction, in a wild and deserted place, on the site of an abandoned farm, and having neither a bank account nor any money. Paisios, who was the spiritual father of Fr. Email yearbook@oca.org, The Mission of The Orthodox Church in America, the local autocephalous Orthodox Christian Church, is to be faithful in fulfilling the commandment of Christ to Go into all the world and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. To this date, four books have been published, and have been very well received. So in that respect I was very blessed to have those people around me. John W Konkle Visit Website. Take I-94 toward Jackson. He comes from a large, pious family, and the family, they had two other brothers who are monastics, and then Mother Benedicta also. //
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