Monasticism

• ABOUT:
  • Photos of the Orthodox Monastic Life. --- Orthodox Photos
  • Photos of Orthodox Monks at Work. --- Orthodox Photos

• OLD TESTAMENT MONASTICISM:
  • Rechabites

• SOME FAMOUS ORTHODOX (or formerly Orthodox) MONASTERIES:
  • Russia

• HISTORY OF MONASTICISM: LATER CHRISTIAN ROMAN EMPIRE:
  • Fr. Alexander Schmemann: Byzantium, Iconoclasm and the Monks, (1959). SVS Quart. (3/3): 18. --- Schmemann.Org Argues that the iconoclast controversy, in which monks bore the brunt of persecution, caused a monasticism which had grown decadent to rediscover its original mission.

• IN DEFENCE OF MONASTICISM:
  • St. Jerome: Against Vigilantius, xv;

• THE PURPOSES OF MONASTICISM:
  • To repent for sins: St. Jerome: Against Vigilantius, xv;

• MONASTICISM AS ESCAPE:
  • St. Jerome: Against Vigilantius, xv;

• MONASTERIES SHOULD BE FAR FROM CITIES: Not always, however.
  • St. Jerome, Ep. 58, iv;