There's still time for your donation to be doubled!

Shortly before this year's Bridegroom's Banquet, another matching donor came forward and pledged $20,000 in addition to the original $100,000 matching funds challenge. We raised $104,845 at or before the event (which is a record total!), but about $15,000 can still be matched, through the end of the year! We would deeply appreciate any help you are able to give, and we are excited to start planning our chapel's interior renovations, with the guidance of the Holy Spirit!

How to Donate

By Mail:
You may send a donation marked "Bridegroom's Banquet" by cash or check payable to "Christ the Bridegroom Monastery" to:

The Bridegroom's Banquet
Christ the Bridegroom Monastery
17485 Mumford Rd.
Burton, OH 44021

Online:
You may also donate online with your credit card by using this link. Be sure to choose "Bridegroom Banquet 2019" as the "fund" in step 4. Thank you!

2nd Banquet Video

This second video was played in addition to our Spiritual Motherhood video at the Bridegroom's Banquet on Oct. 19. It begins with a message from Bishop Milan, includes footage from our canonical establishment and institution of the hegumena on Sept. 30, and highlights the recent and future renovations of the monastery chapel. To help with our newest renovation project, please visit the Bridegroom's Banquet tab!

Our new video: Spiritual Motherhood

A look into the lives of the nuns of Christ the Bridegroom Monastery and their experiences of spiritual motherhood. A young lay woman and a priest also share how the spiritual motherhood of the nuns has affected their lives.

This video was produced for the 2019 Bridegroom's Banquet benefit dinner, by David Bratnick. Previous banquet videos can be found on our "About Us" page and "Poustinia" page.

Record total at this year's Bridegroom's Banquet!

We raised a record amount of funds at this year's benefit dinner! ($104,845, which will be matched!) The money raised will go towards renovating the interior of our chapel and our general operating expenses. Thank you to all you joined us and all who supported us! We are incredibly grateful!!

Enjoy these photos!

We will soon share the beautiful videos that were produced for the event!

Fall Issue of Pomegranate Blossoms

We hope you enjoy the Fall 2019 issue of our newsletter, Pomegranate Blossoms!

In it, you'll find:

• Photos of the newly renovated exterior of our chapel
• A description of this past summer's projects
• A list of improvements we would like to make to the interior of our chapel
• Ways you can help with this next, and very important, project! (It's still possible to make a donation towards the Bridegroom's Banquet, which will be doubled!)
• Reflections from Mother Iliana and Mother Cecilia
• Articles about the Boys & Girls Camp and the Mariapoch Pilgrimage
• Our 2nd set of book recommendations
• A photo from Mother Theodora's appearance on EWTN Live with Fr. Mitch Pacwa and directions on how to find and watch the show

Deadline extended to Oct. 12 for the Bridegroom's Banquet

The registration deadline has been extended to Sat., Oct. 12, for our annual benefit dinner, the Bridegroom's Banquet, which is taking place on Sat., Oct. 19, at St. Joseph Byzantine Catholic Church in Brecksville, Ohio. Visit our banquet tab for more info. and to register. Registration is free.

We hope you can join us for a delightful evening of:

• Prayer--Vespers cantored by the nuns
• Fellowship with other awesome friends of the nuns
• Buffet dinner
• Video about our spiritual motherhood, filmed and edited by David Bratnick
• Presentation about the recent renovations of our chapel and our upcoming projects
• Opportunity for your donation to be matched!
• Magic show by Mark Cook (see the banquet tab for more info. about Mark)
• Hugs from the nuns!

Help needed!

Celebrate our 10th anniversary and our canonical establishment with us at our Bridegroom's Banquet benefit dinner on Sat., Oct. 19, in Brecksville, Ohio! Your donation will be doubled!! We need your help to fund two unexpected expenses--a new septic system and the waterproofing of our chapel basement--as well as help with the interior renovations of the chapel and the daily expenses of our monastic life. To register, or, if you're unable to come but would still like your donation to be doubled, please visit our banquet page. The registration deadline is Oct. 7. Thank you for your support!

Photos from our canonical establishment

Enjoy this album of photos from our establishment as an eparchial monastery on September 30. The photos include Vespers, Divine Liturgy, the reading of the decrees of establishment of the monastery and approval of the typikon (rule of life), and the institution of the hegumena (abbess).

Our Canonical Establishment as an Eparchial Monastery!

With joy and gratitude to God, on this feast of the Protection of the Mother of God, we announce the official canonical establishment of Christ the Bridegroom Monastery as a sui iuris monastery of eparchial right by Bishop Milan Lach. The decree was signed on September 27, and was publicly announced at the conclusion of a Hierarchical Divine Liturgy at the monastery on the evening of September 30. A decree approving our typikon (rule of life) was also read. On September 29, the stavrophore nuns elected Mother Theodora as the hegumena (abbess), and after the reading of the decrees on September 30, the liturgical service of the institution of the hegumena was celebrated.

We are so grateful to Bishop John Kudrick for his invitation to begin living this life ten years ago, for taking the initial canonical steps in our foundation, and for his spiritual fatherhood. We are also so grateful to our current bishop, Bishop Milan, for taking the final steps needed to reach this canonical approval as an eparchial monastery and for loving us as a father.

We encourage you to read the meaningful text of the decree (click on the photo to enlarge it). We entrust our monastery to the protection of the Mother of God on this beautiful feast day and ask for her intercession and for yours! Thank you to all those who have supported us in so many ways and helped us to make it to this day! We will share more photos soon.