Fire Threatens Monastery Buildings

On Sunday afternoon, June 27, 2004 a brush fire broke out on the Monastery grounds and came close to burning the St John Chapel.  The Monastery recently had a number of trees removed and some clearing done.  According to the fire department the fire probably started as the result of spontaneous combustion in a debris pile due to extremely dry weather.  At the time nobody was at the Monastery.  The fire was called in by an Islander noticing the smoke from several miles away.  Fr. Tryphon returned to find firefighters on the grounds aggressively battling the quickly spreading fire.  Had the call not gone in when it did the fire could have been disastrous for the Monastery and the surrounding forest.  The Monastery is in a heavily wood area where a fire could quickly spread under the dry conditions.  By God’s mercy and the hard work of firefighters the disaster was averted.

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Visit of Metropolitan Laurus and the Kursk Root Icon of the Mother of God

  On December 20th, 2003 the Monastery had the honor of a visitation from his Eminence Metropolitan Laurus, First Hierarch of the Russian Church Abroad.  Accompanying the Metropolitan and his entourage was the miraculous Kursk Root Icon.  This was His Eminence’s first visit to the Monastery and the second visit of this holy icon.  Also in attendance was Archpriest Alexis Kotar of St. Nicholas Cathedral in Seattle. 

Hieromonk Tryphon, Superior of the Monastery, served a Molieben to the Holy Theotokos of the Kursk Root Icon. Afterward a meal was served in the Monastery’s library.

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Monastery Blend Coffee and Tea

Fine coffees available from the Monastery online.

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