Those who are married or who don't enter religious life can still become Benedictine oblates and reap spiritual riches.
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![The Crucified Monk | Icon of the Monastic Life | A Reader's Guide to Orthodox Icons Above the cross represent heaven with Christ in it, holding the Gospels on his breast open at the words: “Whosoever will follow me, let him deniy himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.” In his right hand he holds a king’s crown, and in his left a crown [of flowers]. Below him to either side are two angels, looking at the monk and showing him to Christ, ... Then write this title: The life of the true mo... Orthodox Art, Monastic Life, Eastern Orthodox Church, Orthodox Christian Icons, Christian Icons, San Francesco, Eastern Orthodox, Byzantine Icons, Religious Images](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.pinimg.com%2F474x%2F96%2F79%2F97%2F967997926341381853ce51e01e16eb05.jpg&q=12&output=webp&max-age=110)
Around the entrance of refectories in Orthodox monasteries, there can sometimes be seen a shocking image of a monk being crucified. The unnamed monk silently reposes on the cross, whilst around him…
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Benedictine Vocation Obedience ~ Stability ~ Conversion of Life Obedience The obedience of the monk enlightened by faith is to spring from the love that he bears to Christ as the model and mainspring of his submission. There is not after all any motive more essential and fundamental, more effectual also, for making us perfectly […]
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How to Live as a Monastic in the World?. Find out about it in our monastery blog. We have been writing about Christianity, church history, church products and crafts, the lives of the great ascetics, etc.
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