tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5020268688454295583.post1692305520956773891..comments2023-06-27T08:22:48.847-04:00Comments on St. Mary the Protectress Syriac Orthodox Community: What New Monastics Can Learn from History (Part 2)Father Theodosius - Dayroyo Theodosius http://www.blogger.com/profile/12416158007224021267noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5020268688454295583.post-14707573358964091672008-11-17T08:49:00.000-05:002008-11-17T08:49:00.000-05:00By the way, I have a problem with the name new mon...By the way, I have a problem with the name new monastics in the first place. Some that i have talked to do not have any idea about what monastics is, never have visited on lived at a monastery. Their only idea may be some thing they read, and that concerns Catholic monasteries, not Orthodox. <BR/><BR/>They may mention St. Anthony the Great, but do not want to hear anything about him. They seem to quote Dietrich Bonheoffer who wrote something about a new form of monasticism, yet he was never a monk nd from a church where there were no monks. So how can he know anything about it in the first place?<BR/><BR/>All of this does not mean I think that this movement is out of place. What I do see is people looking to live a Christian life as close to the way Christ and the early Christians did. There is nothing wrong with that.Father Theodosius - Dayroyo Theodosius https://www.blogger.com/profile/12416158007224021267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5020268688454295583.post-84103014310117866652008-11-17T08:43:00.000-05:002008-11-17T08:43:00.000-05:00Not only, but at least mostly. I have gotten that...Not only, but at least mostly. I have gotten that impression from much of what I have read, from correspondence, and from visits. Several weeks ago I republished an article which said just that. However, it seems that some do not like that suggestions.<BR/><BR/>We see a similar happen with the counter-culture in the 60's.<BR/><BR/>Steve, do who have any suggestions as for the reasons?Father Theodosius - Dayroyo Theodosius https://www.blogger.com/profile/12416158007224021267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5020268688454295583.post-52984168849605494002008-11-17T03:27:00.000-05:002008-11-17T03:27:00.000-05:00Why do I get the impression that it is only white ...Why do I get the impression that it is only white people who are interested in new monasticism?<BR/><BR/>And if that is really so, why is it so?Steve Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11283123400540587033noreply@blogger.com