Saint Paul the Apostle Orthodox Monastery
Take the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
Saint Paul's Monastery welcomes you to our website. Founded in 2022, our small brotherhood is nestled in the bluffs of rural southwestern Wisconsin. In the spirit of Saint Paul, the Apostle to the Nations, we are striving to share the Athonite spiritual tradition using the English language. Our community is guided by the cenobitic rule of monastic life. ​
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February 2025 Message
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SAINT PAUL THE APOSTLE ORTHODOX MONASTERY
Always Preparing, Always Pascha
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We are preparing for the Great Fast, which the universal Church has appointed to help us prepare ourselves for the Great Feast: Pascha. Prepare… Prepare… Are we ever truly prepared?
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It reminds me of a doctor who once told me: “You need to be patient—we’re just practicing medicine.”
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What then? Are we just practicing Christianity? We are practicing, we are preparing – and we are living Christianity. A great musician never stops practicing, and is ready for a concert every day. An athlete is always training, and always prepared for the game.
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· Saint Paul the Apostle tells us: “Behold, today is the appropriate day; Behold, today is the day of salvation.”
· Saint Seraphim of Sarov greeted everyone, every day, with: "My joy, Christ is Risen!"
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Every day is game day.
Yours in the Ever-Risen Christ,
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✢ Father Menas and the Brethren with me​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
> Artist's concept of the completed building project. The architecture compliments our location in America's Dairyland (Wisconsin).
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~ WISDOM FROM THE HOLY BIBLE ~
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There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither male nor female, circumcised nor uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave nor free, but Christ is all and in all.
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✞ St. Paul the Apostle (Galatians 3:28 and Colossians 3:11)
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