PO Box 128. . . She entered Varatec Monastery in northern Romania at the age of ten, taking monastic vows at the age of 38. Lectures from guest speakers at the monastery and others by Mother Gabriella, Abbess at Holy Dormition Monastery in Rives Junction, MI. Romanian Episcopate. In 1988, along with Mother Benedicta and Mother Apolinaria, she moved to Rives Junction, MI to . Mother Cecilia and Mother Gabriella are happily getting accustomed to being called "Mother," wearing a wedding ring and a klobuk, and growing deeper in union with their Bridegroom, Christ! . Orthodox Monastery of the Transfiguration, Ellwood City, Pennsylvania. Dormition of the Mother of God Monastery. Mother Gabriella continues this tradition of extending love and compassion to clergy families. Holy Dormition Monastery site of Holy Synod of Bishops' annual retreat . RSVP is requested at 815-232-5244. 8:00 am - 8:45 am Continental Breakfast. Mother Cassiana. The Monastery's original home was in Terre Haute until it moved north to Michigan in 1988. Mother Gabriella Abbess of Holy Dormition Monastery Discovering the Word through Holy Image Mother Olympia Iconographer of Holy Dormition Monastery Reflecting the Image of Christ in the Church Dr. Charles Makhoul Instructor Christian Education St. Nicholas Orthodox Church . "You don't fast without prayer, and it's hard to enter into . Orthodox Monastery founded by St. Tikhon of Moscow in 1905. Orthodox Women in Healing Ministries - Annual Conference, Dormition Monastery. 3:00 pm - 3:45 pm Liturgical Challenges ~ Ethnic Traditions. The Orthodox Women in the Healing Ministries celebrates 25th Years (1992 - 2017)! Transcript available. Orthodox Monastery of the Transfiguration, Ellwood City, Pennsylvania. If you would like to join the Webbs on a pilgrimage to Holy Dormition Monastery over Memorial Day weekend, please see the information and Sign up NOW on the Sheet on the Bulletin Board by the kitchen door. Mother Gabriella at Holy Dormition Monastery once told me not to worry about the "style" of my icons… that they would one day be indigenous. . A Lenten lecture by Mother Gabriella at the Women's Retreat of St. Luke the Evangelist Orthodox Church (Palos Hills, IL), March 2008. Mother Cecelia. 616-954-2700 There is a sadness in this day. . Kidd, Fr. Sisters of the Holy Dormition Monastery, especially Mother Abbess Gabriella who has been so very supportive. Mother spoke on our relationship with the Holy Spirit, saying that a healthy person is always dialoging with God, just as Adam did . Peter and Paul gathered together to board a bus to the Holy Dormition Monastery located in Rives Junction, Michigan. . of the Dormition of the Mother of God Monastery, who announces that, due to the COVID pandemic, all the services for the Feast of the Dormition will be streamed on YouTube (Holy Dormition Monastery Videos) as follows: Friday, August 14 Vigil Services starting at 6 pm Saturday, August 15 8 am - Akathist & Hours 9 am Divine Liturgy 1:30 pm Holy . Mother Gabriella: No, by your prayers I'll say the right words. We have been blessed to interact with the nuns and to meet in beautiful surroundings. Subscribe. St Barbara Monastery, Santa Barbara, California . edited by Fr. Rives Junction, Michigan. An invitation from St. George Ladies' Society in Terre Haute: Mother Gabriella, Abbess of Holy Dormition Monastery in Rives Junction, Michigan will be guest speaker at the retreat on Saturday, May 21st at the church in Terre Haute. We are grateful to have Mother Gabriella, Abbess of . Saint Tikhon's Monastery, South Canaan, PA; Mother Gabriella, Dormition Monastery, Rives Junction, MI; Mother Christophora, Transfiguration Monastery, Ellwood City, PA; Brother Christopher and Sister Celia, Monks and . As Mother Gabriella pointed out, that life sits on t hree pillars like a three-legged stool: prayer, fasting and almsgiving. The Schema Nun Benedicta [Braga], former abbess of the Dormition of the Mother of God Monastery here, fell asleep in the Lord after a long illness on August 8, 2005. First come, first served, as there are limited spaces available. (Abbess of Holy Dormition Monastery, Rives Junction, MI) 3:45 pm - 4:30 pm Issues of Property Ownership. St. Isaac of Syria Skete, Boscobel, Wisconsin. Acquiring the Virtues. 2250 East Paris Avenue SE . This bilingual English-Chinese publication includes full color reproductions of icons in St. Peter and Paul Orthodox Church, Hong Kong including Christ Pantocrator icon and the Albazinks Icon of the Theotokos "The Word made Flesh", which appear to the right and left of the Holy Doors of the iconostasis. 6:30 pm Vespers . St. Paul Skete, Grand Junction, Tennessee. 4:45 pm - 5:30 pm Orthodox Youth & the Future of American Orthodoxy. May 27-30: Pilgrimage to Holy Dormition Monastery. An invitation from St. George Ladies' Society in Terre Haute: Mother Gabriella, Abbess of Holy Dormition Monastery in Rives Junction, Michigan will be guest speaker at the retreat on Saturday, May 21st at the church in Terre Haute. We were in church a lot, and I looked up during one of the services and right next to me was a huge icon of St. Evyenia, honestly bigger than I am. My monastery was dedicated to the Mother of God under her Tikhvin title, and for many years I was the only monk in the world . Mother Benedicta took the . Mother Gabriella at the Philoptochos Society of Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in Dallas, TX on April 5, 2008. Archimandrite Gerasim, Abbot of Saint Elias Hermitage, Smoky Lake County, AB, Canada. Kaffa Monastery: Female skete. Protection of the Holy Virgin Monastery, Lake George, Colorado. Mother Theodora. Russell at 3:31 PM 0 comments. IN 46391. Holy Dormition of the Mother of God, 3389 Rives Eaton Rd, Rives Junction, MI 49277. Mother Christophora. Rives Junction, Michigan. St. Sabbas the Sanctified Monastery, Harper Woods, Michigan. May God help us find our way. For the most updated PL information, visit: . Thanks also to two wonderful spiritual Fathers, Father . Mother Gabriella. Holy Dormition Monastery Press, Rives Junction Michigan, 2005. The community was founded in 1987 under the omophorion of His Grace Bishop Nathaniel of Detroit and the Romanian Episcopate (now archbishop), when Mother Benedicta (Braga), along with two other nuns, left the . Roman spoke we heard from Mother Gabriella, the Abyss of the Monastery. April 2008. Rives Junction, MI 49277 US. Protection of the Holy Mother of God Orthodox Church in Falls Church, VA An English Speaking Parish Community of the Romanian Orthodox Episcopate, OCA PILGRIMAGE TO THE DORMITION MONASTERY By Subdeacon Nicholas Jones Volume 29, Number 8 . 4:30 pm - 4:45 pm Break & Refreshments. We have been blessed to interact with the nuns and to meet in beautiful surroundings. Hieromonk Innocent, Superior of the Monastery of Saint John of Shanghai and San Francisco, Manton, CA. Reflecting the local character of the parish, the typical Greek or Slavonic inscriptions on . Mother Cassiana. I realized that while she is one of my superheroes, she is also a superhero to nuns and . As we left St. Luke's around 6 AM we knew we had a long drive ahead of us. August 30, 2017 By Fr. Mother Gabriella, abbess of the Holy Dormition Monastery, addressing the parish retreat on the topic of repentance. On the Feast Day of the Dormition that year, by the grace of God and with the blessing of His Grace Bishop Nathaniel, Mother Gabriella was installed as the new and second Abbess. Lectures from guest speakers at the monastery and others by Mother Gabriella, Abbess at Holy Dormition Monastery in Rives Junction, MI. In the Holy Dormition Sarov Monastery today solemnly reburied the remains of an outstanding Russian military leader, hero of the Patriotic War of 1812, General of the Infantry Boris Vladimirovich Poluektov and his wife Lyubov Fedorovna Gagarina.<br><br>Boris Poluektov was a participant in the Battle of Austerlitz, the Russian-Swedish war, fighting against the army of Napoleon, commanded the . I doubt I'll see that in my lifetime, and I think the disconnect has affected my children, who are no longer a part of the Orthodox faith in which they were raised. The members of the Holy Synod are deeply grateful to Mother Gabriella, Abbess, and the monastic sisterhood for their traditional hospitality during the three-day gathering. from Mother Gabriella. . Diocesan, News. David Kidd and Mother Gabriella Ursache, HDM Press, 1999, p. 214-215. I recently went to the Holy Dormition Monastery in Rives Junction, Michigan (mother Gabriella is the Abbess). See the hall bulletin board for additional information. Mother Gabriella, Abbess of Holy Dormition Monastery in Rives Junction, Michigan, speaks at the 2014 College Conference. Posted by John R.P. 1:14:11. Mother Gabriella, Abbess of the Holy Dormition Monastery, Rives Junction, MI. Mother Melania, Superior of Holy Assumption Monastery, Calistoga, CA. Roman often came to encourage the clergy wives with a short word. Before his death, Fr. and lectures given by outstanding speakers. Protection of the Holy Virgin Monastery, Lake George, Colorado. [1] [2] Monastery of St. Silouan . St Barbara Monastery, Santa Barbara, California . Roman Braga; a newly appointed hierodeacon; and the abbess of Holy Dormition, Mother Gabriella. Hieromonk Innocent, Superior of the Monastery of Saint John of Shanghai and San Francisco, Manton, CA. Stephen Muse. Mother Benedicta was born in 1919, in the village of Condrita in Besarabia. Archimandrite Gerasim, Abbot of Saint Elias Hermitage, Smoky Lake County, AB, Canada. Holy Transfiguration Orthodox Church. . Abbot Pachomy (Bellkoff). Before his death, Fr. Since 2002, the retreat has been hosted by Holy Dormition Monastery. Moujaes, Anna Kallis, and Archpriest Timothy aclig (Teen & Teen Advisor Workshop), Mother Gabriella, Abbess at Holy Dormition Monastery, Robert Snyder (hristian Education), Fr. Brother monastery to St. Silouan. Superior: Mother Nektaria. Mother Melania, Superior of Holy Assumption Monastery, Calistoga, CA. Protection of the Holy Virgin Monastery, Lake George, Colorado. Just a few ideas, a few words that you can take with you from this . David (ed), and Ursache, Mother Gabriella (ed). I recently went to the Holy Dormition Monastery in Rives Junction, Michigan (mother Gabriella is the Abbess). Christians". Guest speaker is Mother Gabriella from the Abbess Holy Dormition Monastery. Please keep all of us in your prayers! Mother Gabriella. See the hall bulletin board for additional information. We have 5 canonized saints who walked, taught, prayed at and loved St Tikhon's Monastery. March 2008. You are in ours. About 500 people joined us to witness this profound moment. At Nick's re-quest, we also stopped for ice cream at "The Parlour" in Jackson, MI . Mother Benedicta's legacy will remain in the tradition she brought with her to the United States and through the ongoing leadership of Mother Gabriella. In addition to Metropolitan Tikhon, the retreat was attended by His Eminence, Archbishop Nathaniel of . Stephen Muse. The Divine Liturgy was first held at Holy Transfiguration Church, Livonia, MI, and was led by His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon . RSVP is requested at 815-232-5244. . Holy Dormition Monastery. Roman often came to encourage the clergy wives with a short word. Okay. Marian Cristian Rosu http . Dormition of the Mother of God Monastery (Romanian Episcopate), Rives Junction, Michigan. Mother Cecelia. Located in Rives Junction, Michigan, the monastery was founded in 1988 by three . "The monastery is the prophetic place where creation becomes praise of God and the precept of concretely lived charity becomes the ideal of human coexistence; it is where the human being seeks God without limitation or impediment, becoming a reference point for all people, bearing them in his heart and helping them to seek God." - An episode of the OCF Campus Ministry Podcast podcast on Ancient Faith Radio . April 28, 2022. The hierarchs also will visit the Vatra—the headquarters of the Romanian Episcopate—where they will be hosted by His Eminence, Archbishop Nathaniel. , Indianapolis IN) Mother Michaila (St. Paisius Monastery, Safford AZ) Mother Nektaria (St. Paul Skete, Grand Junction TN) Mother Raphaela (Holy Myrrhbearers Monastery, Otego NY) Mother Sergia (Presentation of the . Mother Gabriella. Monastery of the Dormition of the Holy Theotokos, Preston Hollow, New York. Michael Sakran (Teen SOYO speaker). Mother Gabriella. Mother Gabriella continues this tradition of extending love and compassion to clergy families. St Barbara Monastery, Santa Barbara, California . Mother Gabriella (Abbess of Holy Dormition Monastery, Rives Junction, MI) 6:15 pm - 6:30 pm Break: Prepare for Vespers . . Greetings and Blessings as we approach the Holy Fasting Season in preparation for the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos! Mother Gabriella. Women of the Cross 2. Also in 1992, Mother Benedicta, wanting to retire from the public leadership of the Monastery, passed the herald onto Mother Gabriella. See the hall bulletin board for additional information. After a Service of Supplication to Saint Raphael of Brooklyn, followed by breakfast, they joined the rest to hear the first speaker, Mother Gabriella, Abbess of Holy Dormition Monastery in Rives Junction, Michigan. The Dormition of the Mother of God, or Holy Dormition, Monastery, is the home to eight nuns; plus two young novices; an aging and remarkable hieromonk, Fr. The last night Mother Abbess Gabriela spoke with us and allowed us to record . Saturday, December 3, 2011. Dormition of the Mother of God Monastery (Romanian Episcopate), Rives Junction, Michigan. Dormition of the Mother of God Monastery (Romanian Episcopate), Rives Junction, Michigan. Subscribe. Abbot Simeon (Gitlis). Steven Kostoff, Rector of Christ the Saviour/Holy Spirit Orthodox Church, at the Women's Retreat of the Midwest Antiochian Women's Association held at the monastery in May of 2008. Mother Christophora. Holy Dormition of the Mother of God, 3389 Rives Eaton Rd, Rives Junction, MI 49277. She is survived by her brother, Archimandrite Roman. Orthodox Monastery of the Transfiguration, Ellwood City, Pennsylvania. Elizabeth S. Oancea 92, dear mother of three sons, fell asleep in the Lord on January 1, 2018, at Countryside Care Center, Jackson, Michigan, under the care of the excellent staff of the Center and Ar and lectures given by outstanding speakers. . Mother Cassiana. Speakers: Mother Gabriella, Abbess of Holy Dormition Monastery, Rives Junction Michigan came to the United States in 1978 from the monastery in Varatec, Romania, to join the community forming at Holy Transfiguration Monastery in Ellwood City, PA. April 5, 2008. Mother Gabriella of the Dormition Monastery of the Orthodox Church in America will speak on the "Jesus Prayer" and Bishop Alberto Morales, OSB, will present "Listening, Prayer and Work in the Benedictine Tradition and Daily Life." Held at the beautiful Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows in Belleville, Illinois (just Protection of the Holy Virgin Monastery, Lake George, Colorado. I realized that while she is one of my superheroes, she is also a superhero to nuns and . Visitation will take place at the monastery on Monday, August 8, from 5:00 until 8:00 p.m. A Memorial will be celebrated at 6:45 p.m. IN 46391. Mother Cecelia. Holy Dormition Monastery, a community of twelve Orthodox Christian nuns. The burial shroud is removed from the Holy Table and put away until next year. Holy Transfiguration Orthodox Church. Marian Cristian Rosu http . I was struggling with the strictness of both the styles and techniques taught by the Russian iconographers at the classes hosted by the monastery. Synaxarion of the Lenten Triodion and Pentecostarian. When I was writing icons, I had a discussion with Mother Gabriella, a Romanian abbess at Holy Dormition (Orthodox) Monastery in Rives Junction, Michigan. After Fr. The topic will be how to . Mother Gabriella. We plan to post the beautiful pictures soon! Mother Gabriella (Dormition of the Mother of God Monastery, Rives Junction MI) Abbess Irina (Holy Dormition Convent, Nanuet NY) . . Mother Christophora. Mother Cassiana. Mother Cassiana. She briefly explained how the Monastery was founded and the work of . The members of the Holy Synod are deeply grateful to Mother Gabriella, Abbess, and the monastic sisterhood for their traditional hospitality during the retreat. , Indianapolis IN) Mother Michaila (St. Paisius Monastery, Safford AZ) Mother Nektaria (St. Paul Skete, Grand Junction TN) Mother Raphaela (Holy Myrrhbearers Monastery, Otego NY) Mother Sergia (Presentation of the . August 15 for we will be traveling to Holy Dormition Orthodox Monastery at Rives .