Author: convent
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Save Yourself in the Angelic Rank: Reflections on the Tonsure
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After celebrating Great Vespers for the Meeting of the Lord, three of our Sisters were tonsured by His Grace, Bishop Serafim (Baltić). Sister Porphyria was tonsured a Rassophore Nun, followed by Mother Serafima (formerly Sister Glykeria) and Mother Ambrosia (formerly Sister Anysia) being tonsured into the Small Schema. The tonsure…
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Letter to My Soul: Remember Your Inheritance
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Morning entry on Wednesday, January 7, 2026 Christ is born! Glorify Him! Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me bless His holy name. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all that He hath done for thee. What happened, my soul? It wasn’t…
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“None of This Would Have Happened if I Had Stayed Home”: A Reflection on Prayer for the World
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A reflection from one of our sisters in Christ living abroad. I had a rough week struggling with self-indulgence, judgement, irritability, and the sins of the tongue overall. It culminated in an agitated night of weird, lustful and convoluted dreams in which I had no control whatsoever over myself. I…
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Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you (Matthew 7:7)
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Preface At this point in my journey, I knew I was being called to this vocation—monasticism. Through prayer, experience, and subtle but unmistakable encounters with the Theotokos, I could see there was a plan of repentance laid out before me along this path. But, being the realist I’d always been, I…
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Mati Mardarija Enthroned as Abbess, Mother Silouana Tonsured into the Small Schema
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On Saturday, July 19, 2025, the feast day of St. Sisoes the Great and the eve of the feast of St. Akakios of Sinai, our Mother Superior, Mati Mardarija, was elevated to Abbess. Immediately afterward, Sister Xenia was tonsured into the Small Schema and received the name Mother Silouana, after…