The Hermit, his Cave and his Island.

Inch Kenneth, the 'desert' of St Kenneth
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The video 'Inch Kenneth' was recorded by Fr Seraphim (Aldea) at Mull Monastery (The Orthodox Monastery of All Celtic Saints), on the Isle of Mull.

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[@omsemperorvan5416]

Blessings 🙏

[@sharonwhitehouse6949]

Puffins !

[@srlittilemarysabs2138]

Oh! A saintly talk.. Walk...natural beauty.... 👌🌹

[@pmm0715]

Love you Abona, pray for me please. I am a coptic orthodox but for the past couple of years it's been really rough on me. I truly believe in Christ and have been waiting on him to change things.

[@rileyp1419]

But do not be troubled or sad. The Lord sometimes allows people who are devoted to Him to fall into such dreadful vices; and this is in order to prevent them from falling into a still greater sin--pride. Your temptation will pass and you will spend the remaining days of your life in humility. Only do not forget your sin. St. Seraphim of Sarov

[@janmcever8964]

Thank You Father! God Bless You🙏❤️

[@stylist62]

Thank you Father Saraphim, I am so thankful for your videos and prayers. It is so beautiful there.❤️🌺🙏😭🙏🙏🙏💔🥲you give me hope

[@TRIA99]

*MAGNIFICENT*

[@kevinmckay6815]

Father I think you have found your own little bit of heaven there. It certainly is beautiful....Father I am undergoing treatiment for advanced cancers on my scalp that will require reconstructive surgery and I am worried. My heart says to trust in the Lord but the voice in my head is my enemy. Please pray that I stay strong and trust in HIM. Thank you my dear Fr Seraphim.

[@hattie-thebatty-2486]

Such Serenity in those Wild Isles 💙

[@sara-anna]

Thank you so much for these beautiful 10 minutes! Thank you for your prayers and for your blessings. Thank you for being there.

[@positivevibeskx1102]

Thank you again for sharing this beautiful places Father Serafim!

[@mullmonastery]

Glory be to God that we can do this work, dear one. Each image we share, each icon, each pilgrimage is an act of love towards these Saints. May they intercede for us all.

[@temesgenamlakie56789]

Bless me Father , I am from Ethiopia 🙏

[@BlackHermit]

To walk where the Saints have walked is such a blessing. 🙏

[@bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb555]

Please pray for my boyfriend, he struggle with sins and mental health. May God bless y'all❤

[@ruthshivani]

BeautyFULL 🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@judiththomson8895]

Thank You so much....that was beautiful.

[@etudigger3340]

Thank you, Father Seraphim, for the video tour. Your videos and words of wisdom are always appreciated. Blessings to you.

[@tommorrowriver]

God's blessings be with you, Father Seraphim and the Monasteries.. Shalom Shalom 🕊

[@patriciaschneider-zioga2500]

Thank you, Holy Father Seraphim!

[@remahunt4277]

This was a restful and peaceful insertion into our senses. This land is extraordinarily lovely. A professional job was done on this video. Thank you Dear Father for allowing us to tag along. You are looking very strong and healthy. May God continue to Bless you and keep you safe.

[@mullmonastery]

Thank you so much for your prayers, dear one. I do hope that my strength is back, because in about two weeks we go on our annual pilgrimage to Romania. We are all SO looking forward to being surrounded by the hundred of monasteries, sketes and hermitages, parish churches, holy icons, holy relics, monastics, services, singing, frescoed walls... the incomparable beauty of that part of the world I call my monastic home.

[@remahunt4277]

@@mullmonastery Yes I remember that you are going. I will continue to pray for you. They say if you pray don't worry, but, sometimes that is easier said than done. ✝️✝️✝️

[@ognard]

Beautiful! Greetings from Macedonia!

[@machisnall]

Thank you for this video, Father Seraphim. I loved seeing St Kenneth’s island and hope to be able to visit it during another pilgrimage! l so agree with you that BEING in such places cannot be compared to just reading about them.

[@mullmonastery]

I wish I could put everyone in my pocket and take you all with me to all these places, dear Maria. Not only these ones, but also the lesser known ones, the caves in the coasts of Mull, accessible only at low tide and hidden behind waterfalls, their walls covered with crosses and chalices dated to the 500s. There is so much LIFE in the faith of these Saints, no sign of spiritual 'blandness' - truly the Salt of the earth!

[@brentgarner3143]

Thank you, for this video it really uplifting watched on my lunch break, it helped refocus put my mind back on Christ again thank you, Glory to God

[@mullmonastery]

May St Kenneth guide you and protect you through your day, dear one.

[@mariantobin9884]

So beautiful and serene ❤

[@joanchahine6925]

Greetings from Lebanon dear father. I have been following your feed since Covid, and your words have always brought comfort and support. Please keep me in your prayers, Joan

[@esterhudson5104]

👏👏❤

[@charlestonscnative9083]

Thank you for sharing this with us. Beautiful scenery, animals, and narrative.

[@mullmonastery]

God is a wonderful Creator, dear one. May we learn to respect, value and protect the Beauty He has so richly poured upon the world.

[@mkeenan1955]

You’ve got me sold dear Father Seraphim on making a pilgrimage to Iona one summer in the future. Yes, one must see and touch as Thomas did when he touched Christ Jesus after his resurrection. Also, as Chaucer describes in his Canterbury Tales, one will hear stories from those people from different countries who one meets for the first time.

[@Yaz662]

I missed this pilgrimage season but I’m hopeful I’ll be able to make it next time 😢

[@mullmonastery]

Anytime you can, do join us, dear one. It will be our joy to welcome you.

[@Babbajune]

A truly beautiful place! ❤ Thank you, Father Seraphim.

[@davidhensley76]

Including yourself, most blessed Fr. Seraphim, how many brothers live in the monastery?

[@CathyDasios]

Thank you for your prayers, Father.

[@sosinaayalew6219]

Amen. Thank you, Father, for sharing this video 🙏 Beautiful place

[@jeffreyhoward6319]

Do you believe that Brendan went as far west as North America? There are legends here in North America that the Celts made it as far west as the Appalachian mountains and foot hills. Ogham Petroglyph (or having the appearance of Ogham) can be fond all throughout Appalachia and New England.

[@esterhudson5104]

Seriously? How intriguing.

[@mullmonastery]

I have heard that from many sources, dear one. I personally think it is perfectly possible but, to be honest, I find it entirely irrelevant. For them, discovering a new continent would have been a failure, because they were not explorers looking for new adventures; these are Saints, they were out to find Christ or to die trying - the real calling of us all.

[@jeffreyhoward6319]

@@mullmonastery It would be so much more than just relevant for us here in North America if Celts had come here not only bearing the Gospel of Christ but seeking Him in the quest as well. The people of Appalachia are predominantly Celtic in origin and some of us have been inspired and called to seek their example of the green martyrdom.

[@sodalish]

Thank you father, glory to God in the highest.

[@Love_Hope_Faith]

Truly beautiful and a Holy place, I have been only to Greece on a pilgrimage once, Unforgettable! I hope one day I may visit your monastery and perhaps a boat trip GOD bless You Father Seraphim✝️🙏 and all of you there at the Monastery ✝️🙏

[@tallmikbcroft6937]

Father Roman Braga taught me,. Before my baptism that Christianity can not be found only in my books but had to be lived out in the Church. Of course he was right. Father's thank you for sharing your life with us. You bless us... may you also be blessed. Love שלום

[@jag9563]

Thank you so very much Fr Seraphim, for sharing this beautiful video of the pilgrimage and the history of St Kenneth's Isle. It fills one with a deep sense of gratitude for the lives of those who have lived and prayed so long ago in the early years of the Church's history and thanks be to God, continues now to this very day. I am grateful too for your ongoing prayers for all of us in touching our hearts and keeping us bound in this way to our early roots. With an assurance of ongoing prayers for you and all your community from this Care facility in Dunedin, New Zealand. 'Tis 4.40am on Saturday here and i am praying for you in the midst of our winter! Blessings abundant be yours.

[@mullmonastery]

That is so kind of you, dear one. May you find the flame of prayer in the dead of your winter, and may your heart rejoice in the dwelling of the Holy Spirit.

[@jag9563]

Thank you for all your encouragement, Fr Seraphim. Praying for you and yours as we move towards the Dormition and seek The Mother of God's intercession for all those suffering so sorely in our world today..

[@kiriaioulia]

Thank you, Father, and all at the Monasteries, for your prayers and your guidance. Blessings to you all!

[@Don_Quichot]

Thank you & blessing to you for sharing this 💙

[@dalecaldwell]

My brother, now reposed, is named Kenneth. If you're ever looking for someone to reinhabit that cave, let me know.

[@mritchie85]

Good to join you Fr, I will be praying for you and the monastery tonight, may God be with you all always.

[@dschmid8845]

Dear Fr. Seraphim, thank you for making these kinds of videos. They are informative as they are beautiful. I was aware there was a history of monasticism on the islands, but you clearly show the very places where the saints lived. Greetings from Canada 🇨🇦.

[@landfound]

Thank you for the blessings Fr.

[@gretagarbo1119]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@tylerashleman6991]

Thank you for this, Father.

[@codysophia]

Thank you as always for your wonderful words and videos 🙏🏻☦️❤️

[@materdeimusicd.buckley2974]

May I learn this little hymn and pass to others? If not, I understand. Thanks for a really beautiful video.

[@susannebrandl1900]

Beautiful scenery. What was the reason for the early monks to go to such remote places? Did they flee from the Vikings?

[@petergunn9149]

☦️☦️☦️

[@mariami2670]

Father Seraphim please give me an advice, how to pray or what to do for a person who is a member of freemasonry. Please Father answer my question when you will be able. Thank you. ❤

[@platon77879]

Hi guys! Why are you not posting anything these days?

[@chr10nationalist]

Hello brother Thank you for your teaching I just want to ask you a question about a thing that i am battling with Will god ever forgive me if i committed blasphemy against the virgin mary ? And i don't feel that god forgive me after i repent. What should i do please help

[@auk7447]

Do you have any Catholics on your pilgrimages?

[@rileyp1419]

I want to like this but it’s at 665 likes.

[@landfound]

Greenland is part of N.A., don’t think twice.