What is Christminsters greatest present need?
There are several. First, we need the prayerful support of Orthodox Christians. To fill this need, we need to be more widely known and visible. Second, we need a suitable monastic home, providing for the fullest expression of the monastic life and monastic hospitality. Presently Christminster is located in a quite small house (which it owns and on which it pays a mortgage). This provides Chapel and meeting area downstairs, with a kitchen, bathroom and sacristy/office. Extremely small living quarters upstairs permit no room for growth, or for overnight guests or monastic candidates. Most of the monastery’s library remains in storage until there is adequate space to shelve the books and make them available. Our Chapel is adequate for all services, but quite small. So perhaps our most pressing practical need is for a suitable home, with adequate space and resources so we can open our life and work to others, as monastic hospitality requires of us.
