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Saint Demetrios Orthodox Monastery   Christmas Season, 2022                 We wish you joy in the celebration of the great feast of the Nativity of the Lord, and His Theophany.  This is a time to give thanks to God for His great mercy toward us, that He sent His only begotten Son into the world for us and for our salvation.  He came into the world, and He emptied himself of all the prerogatives of His divinity, in the most profound humility.  Born in a cave and laid in a manger, in utter obscurity to the world, yet hymned by...

On October 27, 2022 Met. Nicholas visits the monastery with Fr. Alexander to meet the brotherhood. The visited started with Divine Liturgy and ended with a festive meal and exchange of gifts.

PASCHA 2022 Beloved in Christ, Χριστός Ανέστη! Христос Воскресе!  Christ is Risen! The fathers and a brothers of St Demetrios Monastery greet you with joy in the Resurrection of Christ! We give thanks to God for all the multitude of blessings he has showered upon us, and especially for the gift of spiritual illumination that He imparts to us in this radiant Feast of grace.  Celebrating Pascha we celebrate not only the rising of Jesus, 2000 years ago, but that He has raised us from the tombs, from our imprisonment in our fallen state, and raised us to participate, even...

Father Silouan Brown, a member of our brotherhood now living in Uganda, was recently ordained to the holy priesthood by our Abbot, Metropolitan Jonah. Let us all pray for him in this new stage God has put him in as he begins full-time his mission work in Africa with Orthodox Africa.

We had the immense blessing of having the miracle-working Kursk Root icon in our presence during a Divine Liturgy service on Thursday. The peace the Mother of God brings is incredible. May she intercede for and save us all.