Holy Transfiguration Hermitage Lone Butte BC
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The Hermitage is closed to visitors year-round, however, clergy are permitted to come on retreat, as well as serious monastic candidates seeking to join the brotherhood. Please call ahead.
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7568 High Country Rd
Lone Butte,
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Phone: 250-593-9321
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Archimandrite Gregory Papazian
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7568 High Country Rd
Lone Butte,
BC
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Phone: 250-593-9321
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Hieromonk Samuel (Panchuk)
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7568 High Country Road
Lone Butte
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The Hermitage is closed to visitors year-round, however, clergy are permitted to come on retreat. Please call the office for availability.
Holy Transfiguration Hermitage service times last updated on the 17th of June, 2024
The Hermitage is closed to visitors year-round, however, clergy are permitted to come on retreat. Please call the office for availability.
Holy Transfiguration Hermitage service times last updated on the 17th of June, 2024
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Holy Transfiguration Hermitage History
The "Hermitage of the Holy Transfiguration" was established by the Hieromonk Gregory (Papazian) in Rawdon, Québec, Canada, in 1977, with the blessing of Archbishop Sylvester (Haruns). Rawdon is a town situated in the Laurentian Mountains, approximately 74 km (46 mi) north of Montréal.
It was Archbishop Sylvester who tonsured him to be a Monk, and gave him the name Gregory. Somewhat later, Vladyka Sylvester gave him the blessing to live as a hermit.
It was Archbishop Sylvester (Haruns) who had ordained Monk Gregory (Papazian) to the Holy Diaconate, and then to the Holy Priesthood.
Vladyka Sylvster (who came to Canada from Europe in 1963) had a long experience of monks and monasticism, and he understood what was possible to bless, and what was not possible to bless.
Father Gregory (Papazian) began his life in Cairo, Egypt, where he was born as Burdz Papazian of Armenian parents. He was raised in the bosom of the Armenian Orthodox Church there. However, while he was young (at about age 10), his family had to leave Egypt because of the particular political policies of President Gamal Abdel Nasser. The family managed to get first to Lebanon, and then they made their way in stages through France to Canada. This whole process was fraught with hardships and dangers.
In Montréal, Québec, he completed his regular education. It was there that he had become a friend of the now Archpriest Alexis Vinogradov while they studied in the same faculty in university, and it was there that he had been received into the cathedral parish of Saints Peter and Paul, of the Archdiocese of Canada, The Orthodox Church in America.
By this time, he was able to speak in Armenian, Arabic, French and English.
From: https://orthodoxcanada.ca/Lone_Butte_BC_Holy_Transfiguration_Hermitage_1977
It was Archbishop Sylvester who tonsured him to be a Monk, and gave him the name Gregory. Somewhat later, Vladyka Sylvester gave him the blessing to live as a hermit.
It was Archbishop Sylvester (Haruns) who had ordained Monk Gregory (Papazian) to the Holy Diaconate, and then to the Holy Priesthood.
Vladyka Sylvster (who came to Canada from Europe in 1963) had a long experience of monks and monasticism, and he understood what was possible to bless, and what was not possible to bless.
Father Gregory (Papazian) began his life in Cairo, Egypt, where he was born as Burdz Papazian of Armenian parents. He was raised in the bosom of the Armenian Orthodox Church there. However, while he was young (at about age 10), his family had to leave Egypt because of the particular political policies of President Gamal Abdel Nasser. The family managed to get first to Lebanon, and then they made their way in stages through France to Canada. This whole process was fraught with hardships and dangers.
By this time, he was able to speak in Armenian, Arabic, French and English.
From: https://orthodoxcanada.ca/Lone_Butte_BC_Holy_Transfiguration_Hermitage_1977
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My hidden sins
Here they are, Lord Jesus, my hidden sins. I bring them out of the secret chamber of my heart. I take them out of the darkness and expose them to Your light. Lord, You have promised You will execute Your word upon the earth, thoroughly and quickly. Oh God, thoroughly cleanse my heart; purify me quickly!
Holy Transfiguration Hermitage listing was last updated on the 17th of June, 2024
