All you who pass by! Look and See! |
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We will be silent...
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The absurdity of the volume of violence and death surrounding the war in Gaza
we see unfolding in front of our eyes bewilders us, and seems to cause our own individual humanity to dissolve. No human can remain indifferent in front of these events and still be called a human. Most people feel paralyzed: what can one person do to make any change, to retrieve some of the humanity that the world seems to have lost in the past two months? Most remain silent. And so this is what we will do, too: a silent vigil. |
Vigil Sign up
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Sign up for one for a 1 hour silent vigil time slot during a 'Silent Vigil' period indicated in the schedule below.
Drop-ins welcome. |
SCHEDULE
Tuesday, Dec 26 - Saturday, Dec 30
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9 am - 12 pm Silent Vigil
12 noon Akathist Prayer of Thanksgiving 1 pm - 4 pm Silent Vigil 4 pm Monastic Evening Prayer 5 pm Monastery Closed |
Sunday, December 31
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10:30am - 12 pm Silent Vigil
12 noon Akathist Prayer of Thanksgiving 1 pm - 4 pm Silent Vigil 1 pm - 3pm Guided Silent Walk in Monastery Woods (Wet conditions) 4 pm Monastery Closed |
Monday, January 1
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9 am - 10 am Akathist Prayer of Thanksgiving
10 am - 12 noon Coffee, tea & visit |
Strictly Speaking...
No words of hate are permissible on the monastery grounds.
No posters, no banners, no slogans, no flags, no speeches are needed.
World peace is built first upon interior silence within an individual,
which then seeps into our daily lives, families and relationships,
which then affects the way our society works and behaves.
No posters, no banners, no slogans, no flags, no speeches are needed.
World peace is built first upon interior silence within an individual,
which then seeps into our daily lives, families and relationships,
which then affects the way our society works and behaves.
Acquire the Spirit of Peace and a thousand souls around you will be saved.
-St Seraphim of Sarov c. 1800
