Welcome to Monachos.net

Welcome to Monachos.net, a web site dedicated to the study of Orthodox Christianity through its patristic, monastic and liturgical heritage. This introduction describes the site's nature and focus, with a brief overview of its main content areas.

As the whole Orthodox world celebrates in these days the bright Resurrection of Jesus Christ, we wish all our readers the joy and blessings of the Feast of Feasts. May the peace of the risen Christ abide in the hearts of all men! We invite you to visit the many resources on Monachos.net for the Paschal season.

In this Autumn season, see:

• 'To Serve in My Father's House': Reflections on the Service of the Altar - A newly published text on the nature of divine service in the Orthodox Altar.
• 'Do Not Touch Me...' - A poem by Orthodox poet Timothy Jeffries Johnson, reflecting on the encounter with the risen Christ by St Mary Magdalen in the Garden.
• 'Mother, Do Not Weep' - Another, based on the hymn from Great and Holy Saturday where the crucified Christ, lying in the tomb, cries out to His Mother, 'Weep not for me...'

Visit our active Discussion Community forum - Take some time to explore one of the key resources of Monachos.net: our extensive Discussion Community, which recently won the Eastern Christian New Media 2010 award for 'Best Forum' on the Orthodox internet, with over 95,000 posts pertaining directly to the legacy of the Church Fathers and monastic traditions.

A Word From the Holy Fathers is our web start-page, providing random quotations from the Church Fathers, drawn from an ever expanding database of over 500 passages. You can even create an account and add patristic quotations yourself.