#skete

[alexxx-malev]

Russia. Lake Ladoga. Valaam. The skete of saint Nicolas the Wonder-Worker Ладожское озеро. Валаам. Скит во имя святителя Николая Чудотворца

[acityhermit]

I am but earth and ash -- two documentaries

The “Astonishment of Sisoes” (*) At the recommendation of my spiritual father, I watched two exceptional documentaries on monastic life: Athos – Mount Athos Monks’ Republic Documentary and The Good Struggle: Life In A Secluded Orthodox Monastery. The first documentary is exceptional partly because for the first time, a filmmaker was given access to all forms of monastic life on the holy mountain…

[outdoorkeeda01]

Frozen Thrills: Ice Skating in India -outdoor keeda

Discover the exhilarating world of ice skating in India with Outdoor Keeda. Glide across frozen landscapes, embrace the chill, and experience the thrill of winter sports. Find the best ice skating destinations, tips, and experiences to make your adventure unforgettable."

[pot-notes]

Supercell ()

The son of a legendary storm chaser and chaser-turned-PhD find himself drawn to tornados years after his father's death when Skeet Ulrich masks him dad's old storm chasing journal.

[jillgirlfriends]

cunning boyfriend

boyfriend!mean!billy loomis x fem!reader

It's your boyfriend's birthday today and you decided to wear your new set of underwear because you know how much he loves it. all pink and soft, just like you.

warnin: it's just a mini mini story, no smut

author notes: I know I'm very late for billy's birthday but still.. this is the only thing that came to mind

it was a normal autumn day, or rather it was your favorite boyfriend billy loomis's birthday. you were in your room, the window was open and you were looking at yourself in the mirror checking out your new underwear.

the pink lace lingerie fits your figure perfectly, you look in the mirror and straighten your hair that fell on your face.

thank God there was no one in your house, your parents went on a date and you in turn had a good time with your boyfriend. but, you had no idea that that was not all..

you heard a whistle and immediately turned to the window to see your boyfriend billy

he looked at you with a smug grin on his face, and without any embarrassment examined your body and underwear. you covered your chest with your hands out of embarrassment, and turned away from billy

"wow, did you dress up like that for me?" - billy said with a smug grin and easily climbed into your window and began to take slow steps towards you. he was like a predator walking towards his prey.

you didn't say anything and were silent out of embarrassment, you felt awkward

"billy, you're a pervert.. why couldn't you knock on the window or give a sign that y-" billy interrupted you, kissing you passionately on the lips. his hands removed yours from your chest, one hand lay on your chest and the other began to squeeze your buttock.

you opened your eyes but still started to kiss him back. you were embarrassed by your boyfriend's hands on your body but you did nothing to remove them.

"what did you say, baby?" - billy easily picked you up and threw you on the bed.

billy loomis' birthday just got even better as his girlfriend brightened it up with a great night of love and her nighttime look ♡

I just looked at the skete children on the internet.. they are so beautiful, oh my god..😫 they are both 23 🤯

[vintage-russia]

View of the Skete of Saint Nicholas,Valaam (1899)

[zevampirex]

Ice sketing and bug omens❄️

Someone will need an hot cocoa after that☕️

[literaryvein-reblogs]

I would like to write a monk character for an RP but I’m not sure where to start. Any help? Please and thank you!

Writing Notes: Monk Characters

Monk - a man who separates himself from society and lives either alone (a hermit or anchorite) or in an organized community in order to devote himself full time to religious life.

From Greek monos meaning "alone".

Any male person who has taken religious vows of poverty and celibacy in order to dedicate himself to a life of disciplined religious practice.

Monks can be found in almost every religion and known for their single-minded devotion to the religious life.

Monasticism - the religious practice of renouncing all worldly pursuits in order to devote one's life fully to spiritual work.

Types of Monks

Saint Benedict of Nursia identified 4 kinds of monks in his Rule of Saint Benedict, which are still used today:

The cenobites live in community in a monastery, serve God under a religious rule and do so under the leadership of an abbot (or in the case of a community of women, an abbess). Benedict points out that they are the "strong kind," which by logic of the context must mean the larger number rather than the better kind. 2. The hermits and anchorites have thorough experience as cenobites in a monastery. "They have built up their strength and go from the battle line in the ranks of their brothers to the single combat of the desert; self-reliant now, without the support of another, they are ready with God's help to grapple single-handed with the vices of body and mind." Benedict himself twice lived for prolonged periods as a hermit. 3. The Sarabaites, censured by Benedict as the most detestable kind of monks, are pretenders that have no cenobitic experience, follow no rule and have no superior. 4. The Gyrovagues, censured by Benedict as worse than sarabaites, are wandering monks without stability in a particular monastery.

Eastern Monasticism is found in 3 distinct forms:

anchoritic (a solitary living in isolation),

cenobitic (a community living and worshiping together under the direct rule of an abbot or abbess), and

the "middle way" between the two, known as the skete (a community of individuals living separately but in close proximity to one another, who come together only on Sundays and feast days, working and praying the rest of the time in solitude, but under the direction of an elder).

One normally enters a cenobitic community first, and only after testing and spiritual growth would one go on to the skete or, for the most advanced, become a solitary anchorite.

However, one is not necessarily expected to join a skete or become a solitary; most monastics remain in the cenobium the whole of their lives.

The form of monastic life an individual embraces is considered to be his vocation; that is to say, it is dependent upon the will of God, and is revealed by grace.

From a religious point of view,

the solitary life is a form of asceticism, wherein the hermit renounces worldly concerns and pleasures in order to come closer to the deity or deities they worship or revere.

This practice appears also in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Sufism. 

In the ascetic eremitic life, the hermit seeks:

solitude for meditation,

contemplation, and 

prayer without the distractions of contact with human society, sex, or the need to maintain socially acceptable standards of cleanliness or dress.

The ascetic discipline can also include a simplified diet and/or

manual labor as a means of support.

MONASTICISM. Those pursuing a monastic life are usually called: 

monks or brothers (male), and 

nuns or sisters (female).

Both monks and nuns may also be called monastics.

Monastics usually:

take religious vows of poverty and 

celibacy in order to dedicate themselves to a life of disciplined religious practice.

They can be found in almost every religion and

are known for their single-minded devotion to the religious life.

There are several specific categories of monastics including: 

cenobites, 

hermits,

anchorites, and 

hesychasts.

Some monks:

live alone (Eremitic Monasticism) while others

live in a community with like-minded people (Cenobitic Monasticism), whilst always maintaining some degree of physical separation from the masses.

In the English language, a distinction is also made between monks and

friars, the latter being members of mendicant orders.

Roots of Monasticism

Probably lie in the ascetical movements of the early Church.

Its development in Egypt (among the ‘Desert Fathers’) in the 4th century was of special importance: St Antony and St Pachomius are seen as the forerunners of the eremitical and cenobitical life respectively.

Syria, Palestine, and Asia Minor also saw a rapid development of monasticism. In the W., E. monastic tradition became important as its literature became known in the 5th century.

John Cassian, as well as the Regula Magistri, influenced St Benedict, who wrote his Rule for cenobitic monasteries in the early 6th century.

By the 9th century, it was dominant in W. Europe.

The new forms of religious life which began in the W. in the Middle Ages (canons regular and mendicant friars) borrowed many of their institutions from monasticism.

In the 16th century, monastic life disappeared in the Reformed Churches, but it continued in RC countries until the French Revolution and the Napoleonic conquests.

A revival took place in the mid-19th century in many European countries, and monasticism spread to N. America and Australia.

In the 20th century, it began to take root in Africa, Asia, and South America.

Monasticism also flourished in the Byzantine Empire.

It spread with Christianity to the Slav countries; there were monasteries in Kiev in the 11th century, and a flourishing monastic life around Moscow in the 14th.

A 19th-century revival of Russian monasticism continued until 1917.

A special place in Orthodox monasticism is held by Mt Athos, where there are monks from all the Orthodox Churches.

"Warrior Monk" Trope

A fighter defined by their faith, which serves as a weapon and armor the equal of any mundane war gear.

He focuses his mind with sacred chants before the battle, quotes scripture while he smashes aside infidels, strikes with absolute conviction, and fights without fear or hesitation.

He is a combination of the archetype of the warrior and the archetype of the shaman. Both archetypes share the need of rites of passage.

"Bare-Fisted Monk" Trope

Excels in melee attacks without wielding weapons.

Rather than finding flashy new equipment or learning new spells, a Bare Fisted Monk draws on their own strength.

Sources: 1 2 3 4 5 6 ⚜ More: Notes ⚜ Writing Resources PDFs

Here are some references you can use. Choose which ones you would like to incorporate in your story. You can find more details in the sources linked above. All the best with your RP!

[alexxx-malev]

Russia. Valaam. The Resurrection skete. Church of the Resurrection of Christ Валаам. Скит во имя Воскресения Христова. Церковь Воскресения Христова

[soelvfisk]

Hej lille tumblr🤍

Undskyld. Jeg er så ked af hvordan jeg lod alting hænge som et ekko af altomsluttende håbløshed. Det var en afsked. Det er uhyggeligt.

Jeg tog et kæmpe kæmpe dyk. Men jeg er her. Og jeg får hjælp<3

Jeg ryster mens jeg skriver dette, for jeg føler mig meget ramt af alvoren i det er sket og hvordan forskrækkelsen slår rødder langt dybere end man kan se når man er deprimeret. Det har jo tydeligvis ikke kun ramt mig og mine nærmeste.

Kæmpe undskyld. Mine ord og mit efterfølgende fravær herpå, har været kilde til en type bekymring og afmagt som ingen fortjener at sidde med. Uvisheden.

Jeg er på benene og ligner ikke én der har haft det så skidt. Det er uhyggeligt hvor nemt det er at “skubbe væk” og derfor også skræmmende hvor usynligt det kan blive. Ingen ser at man er et ømt menneske, bag en kæmpe vinterjakke. I dag handlede jeg i føtex. I forgårs fik jeg skældud af en mand der ikke synes hund måtte tisse på gaden. Livet er meget surrealistisk at være i, når man har været tæt på at vælge det helt fra. Og jeg kan være skræmt over at ligne en der er okay… som om det der skete ikke var alvorligt. Men alvoren runger stadig. Forskellen er bare, at “i live” er en ret okay måde at have det på.

Lige nu er jeg så lettet over at jeg stadig er her. Jeg har håb.

Tak for jer<3 Jeg føler mig meget passet på. Græder.

Jeg håber i kan tilgive mig for den afmagt og forskrækkelse jeg har været skyld i. Og selv hvis det ikke kan lade sig gøre, kan jeg sagtens forstå det.

Undskyld og kram fra mig

[neotraditionalnous]

St. Michael’s Skete Chapel, Spruce Island, Alaska.

New World Byzantine, Andrew Gould (designer)

[elvenferretots]

"Would you leave your toddler in the car?"

"How could you make that poor dog do roadwork/run on a treadmill?"

"Just leave your dog home. He'll be happier there."

*bonks you over the head with a Monks of New Skete book*

Don't. Throw. The. Baby. With. The. Bath. Water.

[animeacro]

Officially, figure sketing is all about jumps... well, for me, unsurprisingly, figure skating is all about spins. Episode 13.

Also, yay for second seasons for both Medalist and Blue Box.

[marykk1990]

My next post in support of Ukraine is:

Next site, Manyava Skete of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross,also known as the Ukrainian Athos. It's an Orthodox solitary-cell men's monastery in the Carpathian Mountains in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast. It was originally established in 1628 but was closed by Austrian authorities in 1785. After the collapse of communism the monastery was finally reestablished in the 1990s. The founding father of the monastery was Saint Job of Maniava, who had been a monk at Mount Athos in Greece, though he was born in Ukraine in 1550.

#StandWithUkraine

#СлаваУкраїні 🇺🇦🌻

[orthodoxadventure]

Thais greeted the monk warmly, but when Abba John caught sight of her face, he wept. "Father, why are you crying?" she asked. "I weep because I see Satan playing upon your face. How can I not? What displeased you about Jesus, that you turned to deeds opposed to Him?" The saint's words pierced Thais’s soul like a fiery arrow. Trembling, she cried out: “Father! Can I still repent?”

“Indeed you can,” replied Abba John.

"Then lead me wherever you will." In tears, Thais stood up. Without making any arrangements for her property, she followed the desert dweller, saying goodbye to no one.

By the time they reached the wilderness, evening had already fallen. Abba John made Thais a pillow out of sand, and some distance away, he made a similar one for himself. Making the sign of the cross over the young woman, the holy man said, "Sleep here." He himself then began to pray. Eventually, the elder also lay down for a short rest. But his sleep was soon broken. Opening his eyes, Abba John saw a bright light rising from the place where Thais lay, and in this radiance, holy angels were carrying her soul up to heaven.

As Venerable John drew closer to Thais, his heart sank — she had already breathed her last. Grief overwhelmed the saint: Thais had not received Holy Communion or begun her monastic life to show true turning from sin. But a voice from heaven announced to the holy man: "Her single hour of genuine remorse counts more than the lengthy penitence of others who lack such wholehearted devotion." Thus it was revealed to Abba John that the Lord had forgiven Thais for the earnestness and swift resolve of her change of heart. After committing her mortal remains to the earth, Abba John the Dwarf made his way back to the Skete. There he recounted everything that had happened, and the desert fathers glorified God for His kindness toward Thais, who had found grace in just one hour. [source]