This book contains the two-hundred-year history of Orthodox monasticism in Alaska. Into this virginal forestland was deposited profound monastic wisdom brought from ancient Valaam Monastery in Russia.
Also included are poetical inspirations and photographs which inspire in the reader a yearning to enter into intimate communion with God and His creation. Beholding the azure realm where heaven and earth meet in Alaska’s own “Northern Thebaid,” one will seek to find that same realm in one’s own heart—For, behold, the Kingdom of God is within you (cf. Luke 17:21).