Jottings from a Holy Mountain Orthodox Monastic Spirituality

Start date: October 2009 385 minutes, 10 seconds in 21 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.

Website | .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) | General Feedback

Episodes

Transcript Available Sponsor a transcript - Make this audio readable and searchable on the web.

Sponsor a Transcript Direct link (play in browser)

Direct Link

Play in Popup Download this episode

Download MP3

Date	Title & Description	Duration
Sep 19, 2012	Journey to Greece, Part Two In Part Two of his recent journey to Greece, Fr. Meletios describes his time in Thessaloniki, and visits to several monastery's in Mt. Athos. Click to play	19:17
Aug 28, 2012	Journey to Greece, Part One In part one of his recent journey to Greece, Fr. Meletios describes his travels from Athens to Mt. Olympus, visiting a number of Monastery's along the way. Click to play	17:57
Jun 25, 2012	Living in the Outside World In his travels to the Consecration of Fr. Alexander (Golitzin) as Bishop of the Bulgarian Diocese, Fr. Mel is reminded of the difficulties in the outside world, and of three important lessons: Don't Judge; Don't React; and Don't Resent. Click to play	19:11
Jun 06, 2012	News from the Monastery in Manton, CA Fr. Meletios updates us with news from the Monastery, including a beautiful Tonsure service raising two monks to the level of Stavrophore Monks. Click to play	18:42
May 15, 2012	Reflections on Lent and Pascha, Sharing Plans for the Future After a Blessed Pascha at the Monastery, Fr. Meletios shares his plans to build a skete in Montana, and a long awaited return to Greece. Click to play
Jul 11, 2011	Reports from the Holy Land - Part 2 Fr. Meletios continues with his report on his recent trip to the Holy Land. Click to play	16:22
Jun 20, 2011	Reports from the Holy Land Abbot Meletios sends his first post pilgrimage report about his recent trip to the Holy Land. Click to play	16:05
Apr 16, 2011	Projects, Pilgrimage, and the Lenten Journey Recorded during the 4th week of Great Lent, Abbot Meletios brings us up to date on projects at the monastery and talks about an upcoming pilgrimage to the Holy Land. He concludes with a helpful description of the Lenten journey. Click to play	18:43
Sep 05, 2010	Living On the Mountain With summer coming to an end, Fr. Meletios returns with an update from the monastery and a glimpse of the monastic life. Click to play	23:39
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.	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.	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.	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.	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.	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.	19:38
Dec 17, 2009	Monasticism and Vocation Fr. Meletios helps us understand the various "ranks" of monasticism as well as the vocational aspects.	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.	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.	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