Northern Thebaid type_Bath & Home In addressing his spiritual children

In addressing his spiritual children

He was known as “the Consoler

Text taken from the Jordanville Prayerbook of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia

The services engage everyone in the saving events of our Lord's Passion

Northern Thebaid type_Bath & Home In addressing his spiritual childrenFrom the fourth century A. D., the desert Thebaid of Egypt was the home of thousands of monks and nuns who made the desert a city peopled with Christians striving toward heaven in the angelic way of life. A thousand years later, no fewer thousands of monks and nuns, likewise seeking union with God, went to live in the forests of northern Russia, creating what has become known as the Northern Thebaid. Just as the sultry African nature with its clear