Course description
The Silence Retreat offers peace and quiet, a place where you can turn your gaze inward and consciously strive to find the power of silence. What does silence mean? By minimizing the usual everyday stimuli and descending into silence, we create a space where prayer and inner peace begin to unfold. The monastery's services create a space for prayer and spiritual renewal. During the retreat, you can also have confidential conversations with a priest, and those who belong to the Orthodox Church can also participate in the sacrament of penance and communion. Don't let the noise of everyday life silence your inner voice. Join the Silence Retreat and discover a new way to experience the world of silence in Orthodoxy. The Silence Retreat is led by Father Risto Käyhkö and TT Juha Riikonen.
Course program
Wednesday 25.3.
Arrival, lunch and accommodation
Note! Lunch is available until 14.00 at the Trapesa restaurant.
15.00 Opening of the retreat, introduction to the monastery and Orthodox worship life Father Risto Käyhkö and Juha Riikonen.
18.00 Small post-vespers service and evening prayers.
20.00 Evening meal in the college lounge. Introduction and descent into silence.Father Risto.
Thursday 26.3.
06.00 Midnight and morning service. I fasting hour.
07.30- Breakfast
09.00 Teaching session, Father Risto and JR.
12.00 Lunch
Silence / spiritual discussion
15.30 We will hold a Jesus prayer service together in the winter church.
16.00 Silence / spiritual discussion
18.00 IX fasting hour, fasting hour and evening service. Great post-vespers service.
20.00 Evening.
Friday 27.3.
7.30- Breakfast
06.00. Midnight and morning service. Ist Lent Hour.
09.00 Teaching session: Holiness of life.
12.00 Lunch
Silence / spiritual discussion
15.30 We deliver an akathist to creation together.
18.00 Ix Lent Hour. Service. Great Vespers and Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts. 20.00 Evening Meal.
Lazarus Saturday 28.3. 06.00 Midnight and morning service, liturgy. 07.30- Breakfast.
09.00 On the Saints and the Holiness of Life.
10.30 Visit to the monastery cemetery, where a memorial service for the deceased will be held.
12.00 Prayer service. 12.30 Lunch.
Silence / spiritual discussion
18.00 Vigil, with blessing of the vigil staffs.
20.00 Evening meal.
Palm Sunday 29.3.
(7.30- Breakfast)
9.00
