Brother Mark Soroko enters Novitiate

August 15, 2024
|In News
|By Brother Christopher, a monk of New Clairvaux Abbey

On July 21, 2024 Brother Mark Soroko entered the novitiate at Our Lady of the Genesee Abbey, located at Pifford, New York. Originally from New Hampshire, Brother Mark, 47, earned a Bachelor of Science degree and later an M. Div. He’s also studied auto-mechanics, a combination of skills well-suited to a life of reading and manual labor. His quiet, friendly presence continues to be a welcome blessing to our community.

Brother Mark receiving embrace from the abbot as he is clothed as a novice at Genesee Abbey

 

A group of monks at Genesee Abbey pose in front of an icon of Christ Pantocrator

Please pray for Brother Mark and all those responding to God’s call.

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