St.Anthony's Greek Orthodox Monastery, Florence, Arizona

In the summer of 1995 six monks arrived in the southern Arizona desert to establish St. Anthony's Monastery, carrying with them the sacred, millenial heritage of the Holy Mountain, Athos. Since early Christian history, this steep and rocky peninsula in northern Greece proved to be a haven for ancient Egyptian, Cappadocian, and Constantinopolitan monastics. Thus, it enjoyed a direct link with the greatest monastic establishments of ancient Christianity, preserving intact the wisdom of the holy fathers and the sacred tradition of the ancient Church. Today, the Holy Mountain consists of 20 independent monasteries, and numerous sketes and hermitages, housing Orthodox Christian monks from all over the world.

Elder Ephraim, a disciple of Elder Joseph the Hesychast, having restored and repopulated four Mt. Athos monasteries and having established several men's and women's monastic communities throughout Greece and North America, transferred six Athonite monks to the Sonoran Desert to start a new monastery. Upon their arrival the fathers began with the necessary construction work, building first the main church, living quarters for the monks, the dining hall, and guest facilities. A vegetable garden, a small vineyard, citrus orchards, and an olive grove dot the landscape. An elaborate system of gardens, pathways, and gazebos with Spanish fountains truly render the monastery and its extensive grounds an oasis in the desert.

The monastery is dedicated to St. Anthony the Great, the father of monasticism, the renowned 3rd century anchorite. There are chapels dedicated to Saints Seraphim of Sarov, Demetrios of Thessalonica, John the Baptist, George the Great Martyr, Nicholas the Wonderworker, and Panteleimon the Healer. The main church is dedicated to Saints Anthony and Nectarios the Wonderworker.

The monastery follows the coenobitic rule of monastic life: a brotherhood of monks and novices holding all things in common follow a daily schedule of prayer and work under obedience to the abbot, their spiritual father. The monks' daily program begins at midnight with personal prayer time and spiritual reading, followed by the cycle of morning prayers and the Divine Liturgy. After a light breakfast and a rest period, the monks begin their work day, attending to prayer and their tasks till evening. Tasks include, among others, construction, groundskeeping, vinedressing, gardening, woodworking, publishing, food preparation, and offering hospitality. The day ends with evening Vespers followed by dinner and Compline.

† May our Lord Jesus Christ bless you!

http://www.stanthonysmonastery.org/

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[genokism]

где можно скачать это песнопение?

[SlavaBoguVoveki]

@genokism На вебсайте stanthonymonastery точка org

На странице The Divine Music Project



[mic2drum]

Is there any way that the person who posted this can make this video available on mobile if its possible it would be greatly appreciated God bless

[SlavaBoguVoveki]

@mic2drum Done. Thank you.

[vadermask]

Is this where Fr. Philaret is? He sent me some books and literature. That man helped me a ton on this sometimes rough spiritual journey.

[SlavaBoguVoveki]

@vadermask Yes, there is Father Philaret at St.Anthony's Monastery. He is a deacon and also works at the monastery bookstore, helping people to find and buy books and other things. He is wonderful.

[marykfilms]

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[vadermask]

@SlavaBoguVoveki Yeah right now I'm reading Monastic Wisdom: Elder Joseph the Hesychast. Awesome stuff!!! I love anything to do with Mount Athos. I wish there were more books in English related to Mount Athos. I like reading monks diaries, journals, stories, etc. Day-to-day life on the holy mountain.

[Eykos4985]

@SlavaBoguVoveki  And he is one of the most beautiful chanters when he prays that I've ever heard.

[shaky777001]

What a beautiful place. There are people working themselves to death into an early grave with stress and a heart attack to own and live in a big beautiful mansion. Jesus says first seek the kingdom of God and everything will be added to you. what a stress free peaceful saying and fact that is.