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Capital Campaign 2026-27
In 2026-2027, Help Us Expand our Monastic Habitation
The Hermitage of the Annunciation doesn't have enough room for its growing number of monks. In the past 10 months, the number of monks has doubled! Construction starts in March 2026 to add more monastic cells and living space. Glory to God that young men are seeking God through monasticism.
We are seeking your financial help to complete the expansion to our monastic habitation.
Already Pledged or Donated: $523,000= 68%
Goal: $765,000
CRA Charity #: 73533 4138 RR0001
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Welcome to the Monastery
Living a simple life of contemplation, the monks of the Hermitage of the Annunciation (est. 2004) are settled in the woods of Lunenburg County, off Goose Chase Rd.
Following the age-old traditions of the Eastern Orthodox Church, they observe a daily rule of prayer, reading, study, and work, making their living with their hands from the forest and the earth.
Goosechase : The documentary
A documentary on the Hermitage of the Annunciation by David Veldman
Goosechase Trailer
Goosechase Documentary
Chinese Version
The Voices of Goosechase
The Story of the 'Goosechase' Documentary
We received a phone call from David Veldman, a professional videographer, at New Year 2021. He proposed to make a documentary of our daily life at the Hermitage. Generally, monks jealously protect their hiddenness. Yet, documentaries about the ‘inside’, daily-life of a monastery are not uncommon, and neither were we opposed to the idea of such a project. Our main concern was that the final project would transmit the sense of peace, silence, emptiness – all aspects that exist in the daily life of a monastery, and not something easy to transmit in photo and video. After having him visit, and looking at his other work, by which we were quite impressed, we were confident that David understood ‘quiet’ and ‘silence’ in his work. We said yes to his project. David filmed for three days at the end of January and beginning of February 2021, exactly when a big snow storm hit providing excellent vistas.
David has called the full length documentary “Goosechase”, and was a finalist in the 2021 Lunenburg Doc Festival. See David's other work at his personal website.
