Christ the Bridegroom Monastery

Christ the Bridegroom Monastery Laying down our lives in imitation of the Bridegroom, we joyfully embrace the monastic virtues of poverty, chastity and obedience. Matins
8:00 a.m.

Founded in 2009, we are a Byzantine Catholic women’s monastery in the Eparchy of Parma, living in and drawing others into the spousal love of Christ through prayer and hospitality. We are a Byzantine Catholic monastic community of women in the Eparchy of Parma dedicated to a vigilant life of prayer and hospitality according to the traditions of the Christian East. We participate in the dynamic lov

e of the Trinity by sharing a life of prayer, work and recreation at our monastery. Meditating on Scripture, especially the Song of Songs, and immersing ourselves in a life of personal and liturgical prayer, we enter into a spousal relationship with Christ the Bridegroom. Looking to the Theotokos as our model, we open ourselves to the Divine life of the Holy Spirit, bearing forth fruit for the Church and the world. Our monastery provides a spiritual garden and a bridal chamber in which we draw others into this same life-giving relationship with Christ the Bridegroom. Our Typical Weekday Schedule (On a day without Divine Liturgy)

6:30 a.m. Community recitation of the Jesus prayer (in silence)
6:45 a.m. Personal silent prayer/spiritual reading, exercise, breakfast
10:00 a.m. Work
12:00 p.m. 1st, 3rd, 6th or 9th Hour, followed by lunch
1:00 p.m. Work
3:45 p.m. Personal free time
4:45 p.m. Community recitation of the Jesus prayer (in silence)
5:00 p.m. Vespers
6:00 p.m. Dinner
7:00 p.m. Recreation, studies or work
9:00 p.m. Compline, followed by silence

Our work includes hospitality, gardening, housework, iconography, office work, youth ministry, cooking, baking, caning, etc. We welcome guests who would like to spend a day or more to pray, eat and work with us and to relax on our grounds and in our guest house. Guests are also welcome to stop in just to pray one of our services with us. Please call ahead before making a visit. Visit our website to learn more about us!

Welcome Amy! Photo from the entrance of our new dokimos (postulant) Amy, yesterday at Vespers for the feast of Sts. Cons...
05/21/2026

Welcome Amy! Photo from the entrance of our new dokimos (postulant) Amy, yesterday at Vespers for the feast of Sts. Constantine and Helen. (Amy is to the right of Bishop Robert [his left])

On this Great Feast of the Ascension, we joyfully announce the upcoming entrance of Amy MacInnis into our monastic commu...
05/14/2026

On this Great Feast of the Ascension, we joyfully announce the upcoming entrance of Amy MacInnis into our monastic community on May 20! Amy is our first international member, and her entrance is a long-awaited fruit of patience and immigration work! Please keep her in your prayers as she begins her time in the monastery as a dokimos ("one who is proved by testing"), continuing to discern her call here in a deeper way. She will enter fully into our life, as well as participate in the classes, studies and other types of formation given to those in their initial years in the monastery.

Read more about Amy: https://www.christthebridegroom.org/2026/05/please-pray-for-amy-entering-may-20.html

Christ is risen! Happy Feast of Mid-Pentecost! May your Paschal joy be renewed as we continue to celebrate the Resurrect...
04/29/2026

Christ is risen! Happy Feast of Mid-Pentecost! May your Paschal joy be renewed as we continue to celebrate the Resurrection!
(Photo: some friends hid eggs for us in our front yard during Bright Week!)

"What is the stone I am worried about?What is the act of love Christ is asking of me anyway?Where am I waiting for guara...
04/21/2026

"What is the stone I am worried about?
What is the act of love Christ is asking of me anyway?
Where am I waiting for guarantees instead of walking forward in fidelity?

The women did not know how the story would unfold.
But they went.

Joseph and Nicodemus did not know how everything would be resolved.
But they acted.

The apostles in Acts did not have a perfect Church.
But they served faithfully.

And Christ, the Bridegroom, met all of them there."

Read the rest of Fr. Iuliu's homily from this Sunday of the Myrrhbearers:

Please consider supporting the Shrine of Our Lady of Mariapoch, located across the street from our monastery. Several ca...
04/13/2026

Please consider supporting the Shrine of Our Lady of Mariapoch, located across the street from our monastery. Several capital improvements are envisioned for the grounds, to enhance visitors' experience in praying at the shrine. Thank you!

"Painful experiences with those in authority—parents, teachers, pastors—can deepen our false fears of God, reinforcing o...
04/03/2026

"Painful experiences with those in authority—parents, teachers, pastors—can deepen our false fears of God, reinforcing our belief that He is like an angry, difficult-to-please father; a demanding or exploitative boss; a manipulative, controlling leader."
Read more:

I have feared God.  I do not mean holy fear, a recognition of the gulf separating the One who is other from me, His poor creature.  The fear to which I refer shows itself in craven cringing, in grasping, in a shame-filled self-rejection that turns me inward and closes my heart to saving communion ...

Here is our Great & Holy Week and Pascha schedule, in case you would like to come and pray with us!
03/30/2026

Here is our Great & Holy Week and Pascha schedule, in case you would like to come and pray with us!

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17485 Mumford Road
Burton, OH
44021

Telephone

+14408340290

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