St. John the Baptist Monastery - Day 1

I went to stay for three nights in an Orthodox Monastery in Essex, England, to see what it was like. This is the first of my daily vlogs from the monastery.
Mentioned in the video:
The website of St. John the Baptist Stavropegic Monastery: essexmonastery...
Orthodox Gardener, the TH-camr who suggested I try out the monastery: www.youtube.co...
My essay on past lives: / 4743bef3a324
My essay on Orthodoxy: / 3a2b51ff8b6a
#orthodox #orthodoxy #stjohnthebaptist #monastery #monk #nun #christianity #retreat #essex #tolleshuntknights

[@OldManTony789]

amazing thank you for uploading this i should be visiting soon

[@__soap__]

the intercessions and of Saint Sophrony of and oil from Essex's tomb saved my friend from cancer. A very special place to me. Extremely blessed - all the people on Athos spoke about visiting Essex so clearly very famous throughout the Orthodox world.

[@__soap__]

Athos is well worth a visit too, I hope you go!

[@PraiseTheLord-JesusChrist]

I was baptised in Athos. Amazing place. Spent there 11 days travelling through all monasteries.

[@Stsebastian8900]

Their is a small shop which has incense for a few pound, i picked up a very large bag of Rose incense and some charcoal disks. Thanks for the video, i visited recently and found the grounds to have such a peace to it.

[@krasimirtsankov]

Hi Matt. I admire you interest in orthodoxy and east Europe culture.
Could you please share a link to the chant in the beginning of the video.

[@uncletravellingmatt588]

Greek Byzantine orthodox chant_ Agni Parthene- Αγνή Παρθένε th-cam.com/video/i-3h9TQ312c/w-d-xo.html
Thanks for your interest!

[@joannajones8533]

Orthodoxy is not Ancient :) it's very much alive in many countries - we don't thing is Ancient - as we live it Every day :)