Saint Demetrios of Thessaloniki Skete

05/28/2026

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St. Demetrios is an English-speaking monastic brotherhood organized under the leadership of Metropolitan Jonah (Paffhausen). We become a community of brothers through the practice of prayer and repentance, living a common life founded in mutual love, and, that our love may be full, to help form that...

04/16/2026

Christ is risen! Happy Bright Week and happy spring!

04/11/2026

Pascha and Bright Week Schedule:

Starting at 11:30pm tonight, we will begin the Paschal services at the nearby parish St Herman of Alaska in Stafford.

We will have Agape Vespers at 1pm on Sunday there as well.

Services in Bright Week open to all:

Bright Monday:
9am, Paschal Matins, Divine Liturgy, and Procession
5pm, Paschal Hour and Vespers

Bright Tuesday:
8am, Paschal Matins and Divine Liturgy
5pm, Paschal Hour and Vespers

Bright Wednesday:
8am, Paschal Matins and Divine Liturgy
6:30pm, Paschal Hour, Vespers, and BBQ all at St Herman's parish in Stafford

Bright Thursday:
8am, Paschal Matins and Divine Liturgy
5pm, Paschal Hour and Vespers

Bright Friday: [desert day for silence and prayer]

Bright Saturday:
9am, Paschal Matins and Divine Liturgy
(Do not arrive late as we will begin the Liturgy immediately after the Matins)

Thank you and have a blessed Pascha! Please pray for us!

03/25/2026

We now have coffee! Holy Beans Coffee is now for sale in person and via pickup and our first variety is Tanzanian Peaberry. These beans are roasted by a friend right here in Virginia (Monterey, VA), and obtained directly from farmers in Tanzania via single origin. It is Medium Roast. They come in three different sizes: 300g, 200g, and 70g. Call 843-621-8976 for more information.

03/13/2026

03/12/2026

New tea products are available through in-person sales or by pick up! These are from Table Rock Tea Company in Pickens, South Carolina. Grown and processed in South Carolina (yes, you can grow tea in the USA), we have different blends of black, green, and herbal tea available (with even one with black tea from Kenya)! Stop by today to get yours!

03/12/2026

New herbal products from With Love Aromatherapy are available on our online store (www.virginiamonks.org) and in-person! Some products include dry shampoo, magnesium pain relief cream, powdered herbal mixtures, tinctures, herbal toothpowder, essential oil, and more.

12/23/2025

The latest interview with one of our monks and the executive director of Orthodox Africa Hieromonk Silouan and Mano Elia premieres at 9pm EST tonight.

In this episode Fr. Silouan and Mano discuss publicly for the first time some of the many ways that Saint John Maximovich is still building the Church and acting as a true father for his orphans.

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12/22/2025

07/17/2025

My guest this week is a priest monk who heads up the Orthodox Africa mission. He is Father Silouan Brown. We discuss what missionary work looks like in the O...