Jottings from a Holy Mountain Orthodox Monastic Spirituality

Start date: October 2009 235 minutes, 14 seconds in 12 episodes

Understanding the Orthodox monastic life, the work of prayer, and insights for Christian growth and living.

Fr. Meletios Webber is the Abbott of the Holy Monastery of St. John of San Francisco and the author of Bread and Water, Wine and Oil: an Orthodox Christian Experience of God.

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Date	Title & Description	Duration
Jun 12, 2010	Finding God in the Ordinary With a spring report from the monastery, Fr. Meletios talks about the Apostle's Fast and finding God in the ordinary quiet days of the fast. Click to play	16:19
Apr 23, 2010	Dreaming of a White Pascha In his first episode following Pascha, Fr.Meletios reports on their snowy celebration and other news from the mountain. Click to play	18:27
Mar 05, 2010	The Master Is Present And Waiting For Us In his 10th episode, Fr. Meletios talks about the Lenten schedule at the monastery recorded during the 3rd week of Great Lent. Click to play	18:01
Feb 11, 2010	Stylites, Lent, and Forgiveness Fr. Meletios gives a helpful description of the Stylite ascetic life as well as thoughts on Great Lent and forgiveness. Click to play	19:28
Jan 19, 2010	Back From Europe Today's podcast provides a variety of information including a report on the trip Fr. Meletios took to Europe, the Bishop's blessing on a new building on the monastery campus, and how an Abbott deals with a crisis. Click to play	20:19
Dec 31, 2009	Greetings From The Netherlands Fr. Meletios speaks to us today from The Netherlands and he continues his explanation of the various ranks of monasticism. He concludes with a description of the Dutch celebration of Sinterklaas or St. Nicholas Day. Click to play	19:38
Dec 17, 2009	Monasticism and Vocation Fr. Meletios helps us understand the various "ranks" of monasticism as well as the vocational aspects. Click to play	16:50
Dec 03, 2009	Life At The Monastery In the midst of a stormy day on the mountain, Fr. Meletios describes life at the monastery. Click to play	22:07
Nov 18, 2009	Silence and Gratitude Today Fr. Meletios reflects on the value of silence even in the midst of a building project at the monastery and concludes with a spiritual exercise in gratitude. Click to play	21:42
Nov 06, 2009	A Journey to the Mountain - Part 2 Fr. Meletios continues his informal chat with us about his life before coming to St John monastery. He also addresses the importance of silence in the spiritual life and how that works at the monastery.	22:18
Oct 22, 2009	A Journey To The Mountain Fr. Meletios, soon after he was voted Abbot of the Holy Monastery of St. John of San Francisco, tells the story of how he got there.	19:36
Oct 08, 2009	The Monastery, our Home In this first episode (recorded over the summer), Fr. Meletios introduces us to the history and beauty of the monastery.	20:29