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About Us
St. John the
Theologian Orthodox Hermitage is located
in the central region of New York State. Founded in 1998 as a member of
the American Congregation of the Primitive Observance of the Order of Saint
Benedict and a monastic dependency of the Abbey of the Holy Name
within the Archdiocese of New York & New Jersey under the omophor of
His Eminence Archbishop +JOHN; whom is a senior hierarch in the Holy
Synod of the Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of Western Europe and the
Americas -- His Beatitude Metropolitan +EVLOGHIOS, primate. Due to the nature of this Hermitage's life and ministry, we regret that no visitors are accepted and all pilgrims and travelers are encouraged to visit Holy Trinity Monastery (ROCOR) in near by Jordanville, NY. Correspondence will be entertained however. Archbishop John, Our Abbot
Father Stavrophoremonk Symeon Di Siracusa , B.P.S.
Of English/Irish/Italian background, Fr Symeon was raised in Syracuse and received a Roman Catholic education. A survivor of a dysfunctional adoptive family. He has been disabled with endogenous depression, fibromyalgia, cervical radiculitis, degenerative disc disease, and ADD since at least 1999.
A contemplative. An existential poet. His major interests is in Existential Analysis and Patristic Anthropological Theology. But more importantly his interests is in relationships: their development, their quality, their dynamics between he and God, he and other persons, he and himself. Fr Symeon converted from Roman Catholicism
in 1979 via the Orthodox Church in America (OCA). Prior to his conversion
he was a
Entered monasticism in 1998 taking the name of his patron St Simeon of Syracuse (Sicily) and was tonsured “stavrophore” monk in 1999. Papa Symeon is founding resident of the St. John the Theologian Orthodox Hermitage which is spiritually dependent upon its motherhouse, The Abbey of the Holy Name in West Milford, New Jersey under the abbacy of His Eminence Archbishop +JOHN. You can find Papa Symeon at these "cyberspace"
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(1992)
and Pastoral Counselor (1998). He practiced mediation at the New Justice
Conflict Resolution Services center and counseled through the Orthodox Christian
Conciliation Center both in Syracuse, N.Y.
professed
member of the Franciscan Laymen, and served as a Eucharistic Minister. After his
conversion he has served as Reader, adult catechist, and board president of an
OCA Diocesan Outreach ministry. Fr Symeon's faith journey has taken him through
the OCA, Greek Archdiocese, ROCOR and finally in 1998 to "The Holy Synod of
Milan". 
