Valaam Monastery

"There always were a lot of monasteries in Russia.  People who lived there were from very backgrounds and social positions but they were united by the same desire--desire to communicate with God."

See all seven parts on YouTube.

Meditations on Monasticism

A beautiful monastic video in English that should be coming soon.

Father Seraphim Rose on Orthodox Living

"Prayer, fasting, vigil and all other Christian practices, however good they may be in themselves, do not constitute the aim of our Christian life, although they serve as the indispensable means of reaching this end. The true aim of our Christian life consists in the [increasing] acquisition of the Holy Spirit of God. As for fasts, and vigils, and prayer, and almsgiving, and every good deed done for Christ's sake, they are only means of acquiring the Holy Spirit of God." - St. Seraphim of Sarov