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Stavrophore Monk John
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Regarding our online store and update

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Dear in Christ: Glory to God. I just got back with Fr. Matthew from hospital, he was very ill, had a clot that they dissolved, and he was having ischemic , from what I understand and medicines helped him....so he is home now at skete...please pray for him. Also; Juvenaly, our novice felt we should close down our online store as no one was really ordering, and we were not making profit, so we did take this off, and we have about 4 folks who did order, and we still await for Brother Juvenaly to order the products for those folks..so far, nothing is being done, and we must then put money in our bank and send checks back to the folks...so at present it looks like we must sell our monastery and move to large town to get into elderly housing, and we wanted to be ordained here, but due to health and no funds, we must move...but we need help still to pay our bills, we are behind 1,OOO.OO dollars for our heat and are almost out, so if you can help us, please still go to http://www.oldbelieverskete.com and you can still donate to our skete for food, medicine, etc. until we sell our skete..we truly rely on the Holy Spirit of God to touch your heart to help us...May the Holy Theotokos grace you for your kindness to help us until we can sell and move to the senior housing in large town....We were to be ordained this May, but as of now, we are too ill , both myself and stavrophore Monk Fr. Matthew. All who ordered from us...about 4 people will be getting your orders, Brother Juvenaly Martinka said he would order and make sure you did get your products, but we see the funds in our pay pal are still there, so we pray you get the products...if you did not get them: contact us: oldbelieverskete@yahoo.com and we will then transfer the pay pal funds to our bank and then issue check ....we thank all who have helped us in past and we thank Brother Juvenaly who has been heroic in his love of Christ to help us, May God Bless Him and all of you....we need help until we can sell our skete and move. God Bless You. "Lord Isus Christ, son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner, Amin." Please continue to pray for us, especially Monk Matthew's health. Stavrophore Monks Fathers John and Matthew-
Holy Nativity of the Theotokos Skete-North Dakota

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moving to larger city

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Dear in Christ: As you know, we cannot support ourselves any longer, and very few did help from the list, but to those who did help us in our dire need, THANK YOU....and to those who did not, we thank you , for we know you have prayed for us. We must move to larger town so Monk Matthew could be closer to doctors and hospital.

We await to hear from Brother juvenaly to see if two ladies who ordered from us did get their products, only 3 or 4 folks ordered, so if you are one of them and did not get your products, we will send money order or check to you as the supplier said they no longer carried the products we wanted to sell, this is what Brother Juveanly has told us, and we are very grateful to Brother Juvenaly and all who have helped us. May the Lord Isus Christ, the all pure Mother of God grace you and all our God fearing Saints grace each and everyone of you. We send our deepest love and deepest of gratitude to friends in Naples, Italy, and always know we shall pray, and continue to pray every hour for each and everyone of you.....God Bless You all...your Brethren in Christ,
Monks John and Matthew and Brotherhood.

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