Monastic life

Around the entrance of refectories in Orthodox monasteries, there can sometimes be seen a shocking image of a monk being crucified. The unnamed monk silently reposes on the cross, whilst around him…

Those who are married or who don't enter religious life can still become Benedictine oblates and reap spiritual riches.

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Former music teacher Karen Markham has chosen to shun 21st-century distractions and live as a hermit. But the wider world has cast a shadow over her seclusion...

This article was originally published on July 22, 2019.

monastic life.. Mount Athos, Greece

Monastic life comes alive in the stories of Br. Paul Quenon, O.C.S.O., during his more than five decades at the Abbey of Gethsemani.

“In researching for my dissertation on hermits, I have come across a handful of times an individual has professed vows under the provisions of canon 603 in the hands of his/her bishop but has a ful…