How Monks Celebrate Christmas

Day in the Life of a NOVICE Monk

Traditional Latin Advent chant Rorate Coeli

Rorate, coeli, desuper; et nubes pluant Iustum — Drop down, oh Heavens, from above; let the clouds rain down the Righteous

"3. When you pray to God in Psalms and hymns, think over in your hearts the words that come from your lips".
Rule of St. Augustine, Ch. II, 3

Old burial site of St. Charbel Makhlouf (Byblos, Lebanon). On the sides, against the walls, there are the crutches left by those who were cured by his intercession

“Blessed is he who strives to please God, as much as others strive to please men”
–St. John Climacus, Ladder of Divine Ascent, Step 30;11