This is the second part of the story of the author’s visit to a monastery in western Pennsylvania. Part one may be found here. The founding of the Orthodox Monastery of the Transfiguration was the dream of Princess Ileana of Romania who became a nun in 1961 in Bussy, France. […]

I’m on Amtrak’s Pennsylvanian traveling from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh to check out the legacy of the last Romanian Princess.  Arranging this trip was almost as difficult as planning a trip to Romania. Figuring out how to get to Ellwood City, Pennsylvania from Pittsburgh was a challenge. Ellwood City is where […]