tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134782302655515338.post8873075231721137469..comments2023-12-25T05:12:46.199+01:00Comments on ORA ET LABORA: Hieromonk Averky: Eternal MemoryFelix Culpahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18062279686869827534noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134782302655515338.post-56096752036649144722017-02-20T23:14:11.667+01:002017-02-20T23:14:11.667+01:00FreedomPop is the only COMPLETELY FREE mobile phon...<b><a href="http://mobile-plans.syntaxlinks.com/r/FreedomPop" rel="nofollow">FreedomPop</a></b> is the only <b>COMPLETELY FREE</b> mobile phone provider.<br /><br />With voice, text and data plans priced at £0.00/month (<i>100% FREE</i>).Bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07287821785570247118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134782302655515338.post-5297337291302899682016-12-31T16:42:07.987+01:002016-12-31T16:42:07.987+01:00 Father Averky was a kind and generous man who I ... Father Averky was a kind and generous man who I will never forget . I stayed at Jordanville on two occasions coming from England . He took me under his wing and showed me around also taking me out on some occasions because it was my first visit to America , showing me some of American culture . At times he could be a bit stern but I could see through his sternness with his sense of humour . On a few occasions he did make me laugh . He did have a special dispensation because of his illness . I was not to realise that his illness was more serious than I thought . I still remember him to this day in my prayers . Grant to rest a lord to the soul of your servant father Averky, and may his memory be eternal. Andrew Last .Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03109645585812223260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134782302655515338.post-36403683934696824202011-12-02T03:30:42.625+01:002011-12-02T03:30:42.625+01:00I remember Fr. Averky from when I was very young, ...I remember Fr. Averky from when I was very young, I had visited the monastery as a teen to help him out in the Jordanville Monastery library and be an altar boy for a week during the summer. Unfortunately Fr. Averky sexually abused me while I was there, leaving me now to question why this memory pops up once in a while. I felt I should write about it without any insincere intentions on behalf of Orthodoxy or the monastery or anyone who has known Fr. Averky.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134782302655515338.post-29252936864083626712011-01-07T07:46:13.182+01:002011-01-07T07:46:13.182+01:00Thank you for this. I talked to Father Averky a fe...Thank you for this. I talked to Father Averky a few days before he fell asleep in the Lord. I am actually looking at a icon of Christ that he sent me when I was in high school. He converted me to Holy Orthodoxy from the uniates on monachos. I actually have a few icons and books with his named inscribed from his personal library that he sent me a week before he passed. I miss him very much.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09484988199953308719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134782302655515338.post-49832680596057023312010-06-21T14:08:55.526+02:002010-06-21T14:08:55.526+02:00Pardon me for speaking up, but would this not be t...Pardon me for speaking up, but would this not be the <i>sixth</i> anniversary of Fr Averky's repose?End Hacksnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134782302655515338.post-11903775483871267162010-06-12T19:05:38.557+02:002010-06-12T19:05:38.557+02:00God, who loves us all no matter our what state has...God, who loves us all no matter our what state has ways to humble us (all of us) and draw us ever closer to Him. St. Seraphim's (of Vyritsa) "This Is From Me' is a wonderful reminder of what I have read here of Fr. Averky. Yes, may his "Memory be Eternal" and may God give "many years" to those who knew him so that they may share those memories with us who did not.papayiannihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05227185561987688699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134782302655515338.post-33147932448867337602010-06-11T20:44:17.646+02:002010-06-11T20:44:17.646+02:00Fr. Averky described himself to me once or twice a...Fr. Averky described himself to me once or twice as "a crusty marshmallow".<br /><br />I thought it apt ;)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743265457647701019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134782302655515338.post-40088657912641343422010-06-11T16:15:08.687+02:002010-06-11T16:15:08.687+02:00Once, not long after I entered the monastery, I co...Once, not long after I entered the monastery, I complained to Fr (now Bishop) George about Fr Averky. He laughed and said, "Oh that's nothing. He's a pussycat now. You should have seen him in my day." I went away entirely unconvinced.<br /><br />Fast forward a decade, to a time when Fr Averky had been humbled by illness and taken on a gentleness he had previously rarely displayed. One day a Serbian seminarian who was looking after him came to me to complain about him. And all I could think was: "Oh, that's nothing. He's a pussycat now. You should have seen him in my day."Felix Culpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18062279686869827534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134782302655515338.post-81253371468070613822010-06-11T14:47:51.201+02:002010-06-11T14:47:51.201+02:00Thanks for this reminder!
I wouldn't trade on...Thanks for this reminder!<br /><br />I wouldn't trade one of my experiences with Fr. Averky; from the loud, public corrections during the first week after my family's baptism (and thereafter), to the times he and I spent at my dining room table, the both of us in tears while discussing the mercy of God.<br /><br />Memory Eternal!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743265457647701019noreply@blogger.com