St. Theodore House closing soon

Rachel Mendell — Staff

The St. Theodore House will offi­cially close its doors Oct. 31 at midnight.

As of Oct. 31 at mid­night the St. Theodore House on Port­land Way South will be offi­cially closed and the Monas­tic Broth­er­hood of St. Theodore dis­solved, accord­ing to an offi­cial release posted on the monastery web­site :http://www.st theodoremonks.oh.goarch.org/.) The home will move into foreclosure.

This deci­sion came about due to the con­vic­tion of Father Nicholas, supe­rior of the monastery. Each of the res­i­dent monks of the house will seek shel­ter with fam­ily or friends or seek entrance to a monastery of the Holy Ortho­dox Church. The deci­sion to dis­band came after a con­fer­ence call with church offi­cials Oct. 15

Father Nicholas Hughes was arrested Sept. 19 for sex­ual solic­i­ta­tion of minors. He pled guilty of all charges and is in jail.

Any­one who may have ques­tions or infor­ma­tion about this issue is asked to con­tact the Greek Ortho­dox Metrop­o­lis of Pitts­burgh at 412–621-5529.

“In the midst of appar­ent betrayal and of the deep shadow now cast over our lives by the pow­ers of dark­ness, shad­ows that seek to lead us onto the ship-destroying rocks of anger, despair, or vengeance, let us remem­ber that we are nei­ther aban­doned by God, nor by those who share our con­fu­sion and pain, yet seek through it all, to live in faith and walk in the light of Christ, which can­not be over­come by the dark­ness (John 1:5)” – Schema-monk Theodore on behalf of The Monas­tic Brotherhood

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