Is there something like mount athos for women? A holy place?
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My older daughter, who has fallen away from faith, is nuts about Germany, is throwing most of her energy into learning the language, and is trying to maneuver to go there to study and live. I'd love to hook her up with people who are Orthodox and know how to not push the Faith there...
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How old is your daughter? Will she really go to Germany? I can not promise I can help. First of all I am not typicall orthodox(I do not know if you would like her to contact me to be sincere), though I have some experience in convincing my younger sister who is very ill from time to time to go to church and search contact with priests.... it does not always help 
. Also I am not very reliable, because you never know when I get ill again from day to day. But when the time comes she visits Germany and need someone to go with her to church or just for small contact I am here theoretically. You can write me. Just I can not promise anything at the moment. You are from Russia, are you living there?
. Also I am not very reliable, because you never know when I get ill again from day to day. But when the time comes she visits Germany and need someone to go with her to church or just for small contact I am here theoretically. You can write me. Just I can not promise anything at the moment. You are from Russia, are you living there?
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Did you try to tell her she does not know wich accidents of life she avoids during joining church? Or does she really abandon any faith completely?
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She’s 19, and she stopped going to church when she hit sixteen.
Yes, I live in Russia permanently, though I am 100% mutt American.
Yes, I live in Russia permanently, though I am 100% mutt American.
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There is a convent near the village of Ormylia in Halkidiki, Greece which has a wonderful ministry to visitors. Someone mentioned the convent near Souroti where Saint Paisios is buried. Our experience of the two convents was quite different. At Ormylia, several of the nuns will act as hosts for any visitors, sitting down to talk with you, making you as welcome as they are able to. There was no similar ministry at Souroti, so if you didn't already have a relationship with one of the nuns there was a good chance you wouldn't get to speak with anyone.
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That’s great information. Do you know if the nuns typically just speak Greek? Do many speak English?
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@prodromos thank you so much you share your information with us . I do not know when I will go to travel again but this is a good thread where we can collect the information about monasteries. Maybe it is also true, like Father ArmyMatt said, that across the sea of the mount athos there is a monastery for ladies.... I will search for it. I tried to search catholic monasteries around here, for they are known to offer calm days for visitors so they can relax there and so on but I did not find andy that is ready to have guests at the moment. I thought I just want some calm days in a monastery. But my home I could make it also calm and good. Church is not far away. Maybe it is just a question of mind. I live alone. Only my dog is sometimes with me.
. I do not know when I will go to travel again but this is a good thread where we can collect the information about monasteries. Maybe it is also true, like Father ArmyMatt said, that across the sea of the mount athos there is a monastery for ladies.... I will search for it. I tried to search catholic monasteries around here, for they are known to offer calm days for visitors so they can relax there and so on but I did not find andy that is ready to have guests at the moment. I thought I just want some calm days in a monastery. But my home I could make it also calm and good. Church is not far away. Maybe it is just a question of mind. I live alone. Only my dog is sometimes with me.
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The Monastery in Ormylia has over 100 nuns. I'm sure many speak various languages:
Metochion - Monastic Dependency - as it is today - Ormylia Monastery
Metochion - Monastic Dependency - as it is today - Ormylia Monastery
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Monastery of the Archangel Michael on the island of Thassos is directly across from Mt Athos. I assume some of the nuns there speak English. I know there was at least one who had come from the US although she was originally from Africa. My wife and I have stayed there overnight.
ARCHANGEL MICHAEL HOLY MONASTERY – THASOS ISLAND - Μοναστήρια της Ελλάδος
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