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From: hayesstw@telkomsa.net

Monasteries without walls: secret monasticism in the Soviet Union

Oct 10, 2019 | liturgy | 0

I recently fell over a scholarly article about the way that
monasticism helped keep Christian faith alive and vibrant through the anti-theist communism of the Soviet Union.

Some people fled and lived a hidden, secret full monastic life. Others
lived the monastic life beyond monastery walls, working at ordinary
jobs. Still others drew on monastic disciplines, applying those into
their ordinary daily lives.

The article is Monasteries without Walls: Secret Monasticism in the
Soviet Union, 1928-39 by Jennifer Wynot [in Church History
Vol. 71, No. 1 (Mar., 2002), pp. 63-79 Published by: Cambridge
University Press on behalf of the American Society of Church History].

https://tinyurl.com/y5hr2ok6

I am reminded of the vision of Thomas Cranmer who took the monastic
discipline of the Daily Office and simplified this for the whole
church – lay and ordained. I am reminded of the vision of the Second
Vatican Council who also wanted to implement this English Reformation
insight – calling all to a daily disciplined life of prayer, the full, active, conscious participation of all in the church’s life of prayer
and worship.

I am reminded of the school in which I serve IRL as Chaplain, a school
that in all, from its architecture to its life, echoes the same
Benedictine monastic vision as translated by Thomas Cranmer.

I am reminded of the growth of groups and individuals living out the
monastic ideals and ideas beyond monastery walls, and the yearning of
our contemporary world for this shared life of spiritual disciplines…

Source: https://t.co/vyOUjkdITv?amp=1

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