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Monastic Martyria or Witness in the Internet Age

by Vassa Larin

The advent of the Internet, along with mobile devices that ensure our 24/7 connection with it, has changed us and continues to change us. And by “us” I mean not only all of humanity in general, but more specifically the smaller “us” that are church communities. While “we,” as the broader globalized society of today, are beginning to comprehend What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains—as Nicholas Carr entitled his excellent book on this question—it is also necessary that “we,” as both lay and monastic members of today’s churches, contemplate how we are being changed or re-formed through the Internet and social media.

Vassa Larin

A liturgiologist and ryassofor nun of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia. She is also host of the online catechetical programs, “Coffee with Sister Vassa”. Sister Vassa is a member of two commissions of the Intercouncil Presence of the Moscow Patriarchate, – the commission on Canon Law, and the Commission on Liturgy and Church Art.

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