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Thank you to our fall work day volunteers!
Thank you to all of the awesome volunteers who joined us this past Saturday on a very hot day to help us with many projects around the monastery and grounds. The grounds are looking great, the library...
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The one thing needful
On Saturday we hosted a retreat day for wives of priests from the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Parma. The eight women, who came from the northeast Ohio area, Pittsburgh and Florida, asked to spend a...
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One month until the Bridegroom's Banquet!
Don't forget to register for our benefit dinner, taking place on Sat. Nov. 11, at St. Joseph Byzantine Catholic Church in Brecksville, Ohio. Admission is free, but you must register using our online...
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Pomegranate Blossoms--Holy Land Edition!
We could also call this the pomegranate edition of Pomegranate Blossoms! We hope you enjoy our reflections from our recent pilgrimage to the Holy Land--the homeland of our Bridegroom, in our...
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How to help if you can't attend the Bridegroom's Banquet
We had to close registration for the Bridegroom's Banquet a day early because all the seats were full! If you did not get a spot before we closed registration, or if you are unable to attend for other...
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A Prayer for the Nativity Fast
In the Byzantine Tradition, the 40-day fasting period in preparation for the Nativity of Our Lord begins today. Below is a prayer from the service of Royal Hours on the eve of the Nativity. It can be...
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We surpassed our goal at the "Bridegroom's Banquet!"
Thanks to the generous support of many, we received over $82,000 in donations and pledges at our Nov. 11 Bridegroom's Banquet or through pre-event donations. Generous benefactors pledged to match up to...
View Article"Silence, Prayer, Poustinia": A Video
"The Christian life is a real struggle...it's actually a blood and guts battle, especially an interior battle with the reality of sin and temptation that we deal with in our lives every day" (Mother...
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Renovations have begun!
We are very excited to share some good news! Thanks to the generosity of many donors this year, especially at our Bridegroom's Banquet, our newest renovation project has begun! The "old farm house" and...
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Allow Jesus to "lay down" in your weakness
A reflection by Mother Cecilia, originally published in Horizons, the newspaper of the Eparchy of Parma.Through the sponsorship of a benefactor, the nuns of Christ the Bridegroom Monastery made a...
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Winter Newsletter
Enjoy our winter edition of Pomegranate Blossoms! May this new year be filled with many blessings for you and your loved ones.
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"Come and behold the place of the baptism of Christ..."
“O faithful, come and behold the place of the baptism of Christ, so that we may follow Him to the streams of the Jordan and thus draw near to the one who cries out in the wilderness: See the...
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Sara Lynn to be tonsured as a rasophore nun, Feb. 1
We are full of joy to announce the tonsuring of our dokimos (postulant), Sara Lynn, as a rasophore nun on Thursday, February 1! During Vespers for the Feast of the Meeting of Our Lord with Simeon and...
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Eternal Memory, Rita Strohmeyer
Mother Theodora's mother, Rita Strohmeyer, fell asleep in the Lord on Saturday, January 13. She was 85. Rita was the mother of 11 children, Mother Theodora being the fifth. We all enjoyed Rita's smiles...
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God grant you many years Sr. Petra!
Sr. Petra in centerOn Feb. 1, during Vespers for the feast of the Meeting of Our Lord with Simeon and Anna, dokimos (postulant) Sara Lynn Gafford was tonsured as a rasophore ("robe-bearer") nun,...
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As we shared in our last post, the newest member of our community was tonsured as a rasophore nun on Feb. 1. This video includes the blessing of the habit, the giving of Sr. Petra's new name, her...
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"To heal the great wounds of our soul"
Today in the Byzantine Church is the first day of the Great Fast (Lent). Below is the ambon prayer from the Divine Liturgy on Cheesefare Sunday (the day before the fast begins). It is a beautiful...
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Tonsure photos, and Sr. Petra shares about St. Peter
Sr. Petra was tonsured as a rasophore nun on Feb. 1. Enjoy these photos from her tonsure.Before a dokimos is tonsured, she asks the Lord to place in her heart three names that she will submit to the...
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Join us for the Great Canon of St. Andrew of Crete, March 15
Join us in a deeply-moving, once-a-year Lenten experience on Thursday, March 15, at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, 1900 Carlton Rd., Parma, Ohio. The Great Canon of St. Andrew of Crete takes...
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The Song of Victory
Today marks Mid-Lent: the midpoint of the Great Fast. Each year, it falls during the week in which we venerate the Cross (this past Sunday was the Veneration of the Cross). In the middle of the desert...
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