Spikenard Anointing OilA fragrant bouquet of violet, ylang ylang, and jasmine, with top notes of wintergreen and grape, warmed with musk. Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment (John 12: 3). One 1 2 oz. bottle of highly concentrated fragrance. Add a small amount of Hermitage Anointing Oil to pure olive oil for anointing, or pour in

no fewer thousands of monks and nuns

The choir achieved a sound so deeply beautiful and moving

God is constantly calling and inviting His children to love Him and their neighbor

Confession is the life-saving medicine for society because it is capable of saving many souls from destruction

when to exhort

Recent publications include The Way of the Fathers: Exploring the Minds of the Church Fathers (1988)

John of San Francisco

confessing the monks and laymen who came to the monastery

readers and singers --who seek to increase their God given talent in fulfilment of these words

wife of the grownup Tihon

In Thirsting for God

during Great Compline