Northern Thebaid type_Bath & Home without his being lost in

without his being lost in it

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

53 minutes

In addressing his spiritual children

and the Eucharist

Northern Thebaid type_Bath & Home without his being lost inFrom 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