Faith • Grief • History • Hope
Faith • Grief • History • Hope
The Orthodox Monk has a particular attachment to the earth. It is difficult to speak about attachment, and the monastic as our whole life is about detachment but in this case the monk has this attachment. The Orthodox Church has…
By Anneli Ahonen in Sosnovyi Bor/Halila On the former sanatorium estate of Halila, cheese is made using methods dating back to the Middle Ages. Orthodox Monk Gavriil is standing next to a huge bull in a cowshed, stroking its back.…
For those of you who follow these pages you know that several months ago I purchased 6 chickens and a rooster. Each day I go to the coop and look for any signs of eggs. Well today I opened the…
Yesterday, before Liturgy at the nursing home, one of the folks who works there asked if I was planning a farm here at the monastery. I clearly outlined our plans to try and reduce the amount of food we buy…
Monastery RI Reds Yesterday I wrote about getting ready for the arrival of the chickens and yesterday afternoon they arrived. We now have 7 hens and a rooster all Rhode Island Reds! They came from a family farm in Ellington,…
For some time now I have been planning to get a few chickens in the backyard. Well it appears today is the day! This past year I have been thinking about ways that one can reduces ones food cost as…
The New Coop For the past year or so I have been participating in a Blog Carnival called One Word at a Time. The idea is to get as many bloggers as possible to write on the same topic…
Many readers will recall that this year I have planted a garden. If you are one of my followers on Facebook then you will be able to see the progress of said garden. I have not harvested anything yet but…
Okay folks the garden is in and off to a great start.
Okay I know it is getting late in the season but the plants are doing well even though they have not gone in the garden beds yet. Today I got the first I what I hope to be two garden…