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15th International Ecumenical Conference on Orthodox Spirituality Bose, September 16-19, 2007 Organized by the Monastery of Bose in collaboration with the Patriarchate of 15th Internation...

the courses of the Bose Studium are intended primarily for the novices and other members of our community, but open also to priests and seminarians, monks and nuns, religious men and women of other...

Candles

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Candles

Recently we have begun a new activity: the handicraft of decorative candles. Our candles are made from refined paraffin with the addition of stearic acid. Easter candle, detail ...

Salussola - Bose

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Routes for scouts

Crossing through thick woods and wide cultivate, climbing the first slopes of Serra, (the long hill of glacial origin which separates Biella from Canava), you can reach Bose community. You go throu...

Formulas and indications

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Herbal infusions

Green tea not oxidized and antioxidant scientific studies testify its benefits Red tea Red tea ROOIBOS without caff...

"Do not be afraid, little flock..."

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At Bose on May 18 and 19, 1997, during the extraordinary and unhoped-for visit of his Holiness Bartholomeos I, Archbishop of Constantinople and Ecumenical Patriarch, Enzo Bianchi, founder and prior...

The community in brief

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From the first centuries of Christianity, there have been men and women, who soon were called monastics, who left everything in order to try to live the Gospel radically in celibacy and united in c...

We mustn’t forget the plight of Arab Christians

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Articles

Article by Rowan Williams Archbishop of Canterbury These communities will survive only if fellow Christians in the West decide to pay a bit of attention Times, December 23, 2006 ...

June 30

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June

The Apostolic College The feast of the Apostolic College is thus an opportunity to remember that the Church is built on the foundation of the apostles

A sign offered by simple lay people

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In the course of its thirty-five year history, the community of Bose has been enriched by the arrival of new brothers and sisters from numerous regions of Italy and from abroad. The community now h...

Carpentry

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Carpentry

a bookcase We create house and church furniture with solid oak and fir wood. Tables, chairs, armchairs, chests, beds, bookcases and wardrobes are the main items of house furniture. Chairs, sto...

August 11

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August

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Clare of Assisi (1193-1253) nun Clare of Assisi, a sister of the monastery of San Damiano, died in Assisi in 1253, thanking God for creating her.

A day in the community

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In order to understanding how monastic life is lived at Bose we have a look at a day in the life of the community. As a way of living concretely the centrality of the Word of God...

August 16

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August

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Brother Roger, of Taizé (1915-2005) monk His profound desire for unity led brother Roger to seek actions and symbols capable of evoking, beyond the difficulties, the coming of a spring of...

October 1

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Theresa of Lisieux (1873-1897) nun The teaching she left with her life on the absolute primacy of love, even in the darkness of doubt that clouds the believer's heart

Stoneware and raku pottery

Stoneware and raku pottery

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Since ancient times pottery, simply obtained by firing a mix of earth and water, enables people to cook their food and decorate their houses. Earthenware was thus very well known and exploi...

October 9

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Abraham, father of all believers in the one God, prophetTogether with his wife Sarah, Abraham listens obediently to God's word and puts it into practice without delay. Both became models of faith i...

October 17

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Ignatius of Antioch (d. ca. 115) pastor and martyr Ignatius strenuously defended the reality of the Word's Incarnation and bore witness to the Resurrection with his own martyrdom

The icons of Bose

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Icons

The icon laboratory of the monastery of Bose started its activity about twenty years ago. Nowadays a small group of brothers and sisters of the community share with many monks of the Christian Eas...

Tapestries

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Tapestries

The tapestry work at Bose follows a very ancient handwearing technique, the so-called "high warp" technique. The chosen draft is firstly enlarged to a full-size cartoon. This cartoon is then fixed ...

The work

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The community work

All the members of the community work, earning their living with their own hands, just like everyone else, and following the example of the apostles and fathers. Our community receives no financia...

October 31

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Martin Luther, witness and the Protestant Reformation (16th cent.) Martin Luther was born in 1483 in Eisleben, Saxony, and was educated at the cathedral school of Magdeburg and the University of E...

Library

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Library

Since its first years, the community of Bose has felt the need to have a library, which could meet its members' spiritual and intellectual requirements. Over the years, the library's patrimony has...

Garden and fruit grove

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Garden and fruit grove

Ever since the first years of our community, agriculture has always been an important part of our work. Growing according to the different seasons, the great variety of agricultural produce r...

"God is faithful"

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Letter to our friends

Letter to our friends The other man will no longer be either an enemy or a sinner from whom I have to part, but ‘somebody who belongs to me.’ With him, I will be able to rejoice at the same mercy ...

Participants

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16-19 September 2007 15th International Ecumenical Conference Apart from the Roman Catholic Church, the Orthodox Church and the Reformed Churches were also represented at the Symposium Metrop...

Opening address by the Prior of Bose

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ENZO BIANCHI The Transfiguration is the mystery of transformation: our body and this creation are invited to transfigure, to become “other” XV International Ecumenical Conference ...

Icons in the Byzantine style

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Icons

Transfiguration, Byzantine style Icon Icon P size (lenght x hight in cm) Icon M size (lenght x hight in cm) Icon G size (lenght x hight in...

Final press release

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XV International Ecumenical Conference An opportunity for a fraternal exchange of views and shared reflection on essential topics of spiritual life, where Eastern and Western Christian traditions ...

Jams and other specialities

Jams and other specialities

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Jams and preserves of Bose are made with fruit grown in the community garden (exept for citrus fruits which come from Southern Italy). All the fruits are picked only when ripe, and are immediately...