Celtic Christian Spirituality. Father Gorazd (Vorpatrny), a graduate of Holy Trinity Seminary in Jordanville, New York, completed his M.A. and doctoral degrees in theology at the Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic, where he is Senior Lecturer in Orthodox Studies at the Hussite Faculty of Theology. In 1996, the Charles University, the oldest university in Central Europe and the most prestigious educational institution in the Czech Republic, awarded Father Gorazd the B. Bolzano Prize for his Masters thesis, written on the Orthodox Church in Czechoslovakia from 1945-1951.
THE ANCIENT CELTIC CHURCH had intimate ties with the same Desert Fathers of Egypt, Syria, and Palestine who fostered the ascetic literature and monasticism of the Byzantine and Slavic Orthodox Churches. This essay attempts to elucidate Celtic Christian spirituality and monasticism in the light of Orthodox Christian monastic and ascetic tradition. Introductory Remarks. The Origins of Monasticism in the West The influence of another monk, St. Celtic Spirituality: Just what does it mean? [Thinking Faith - the online journal of the British Jesuits]
Celtic Spirituality Handout.