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.
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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 420 passages.
Features
Monachos.net has undergone a major upgrade in Autumn 2008, with the introduction not only of a new look and feel but also a substantial host of new features. We welcome you to explore the changes to the site, and to make use of a host of new materials provided for the advancement of patristic study on-line.
"The Feast of the Incarnation: The Fathers on the Nativity of Christ"
The menu bar on the left-hand side of all pages provides quick access to the full content of the web site. Additionally, the search feature allows direct navigation to the 60,000+ articles, studies, texts, posts, entries and other materials on this site.
Are you interested in participating in the work of Monachos.net? Find out how you can help edit patristic texts, contribute academic studies, work on wiki content, and interact by other means.
The new Monachos Patristics Wiki
The Monachos Patristics Wiki is a new project that Monachos.net is launching as part of its Autumn 2008 upgrade. Adding to our always-expanding pool of academic and scholarly studies on patristic and monastic themes, the Patristics Wiki is a new resource that allows all readers also to be contributors to an openly edited collection of patristic study.
Running on the same premise as other Wiki-based projects (such as Wikipedia), the Patristics Wiki offers the possibility to contribute information on subjects of whcih you have an interest or expertise, and to interact and update the materials already in the collection.
The beginnings of the new Patristics Wiki are on-line now. Readers can create an account in the wiki system and start adding and editing articles as soon as you are ready. Help documents explain the basic procedures for those not already familiar with wiki systems - so everyone should be able to contribute to this new venture.
We hope very many of our readers will participate in developing this new resource as it expands and grows.
Current Highlights
A letter for the New Year
A letter to Monachos.net readers from the web master, on the Orthodox approach to the new year, as grounded in the testimony of the Fathers on living the Christian life.
On the nativity fast - the preparation of the soul
A reflection on the role of the Nativity Fast, which might seem the opposite of Christmas joy, in preparing the human heart for the true joy of encountering Christ's incarnation.
