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Brothers, It Is Time to Build

The work of the Brotherhood has been growing. Books have been written. Courses being built. Men across the country are making the daily calls and keeping the Rule. Now it is time for our leaders to gather.

This September, brotherhood leaders, men called to build brotherhoods in their own parishes, and interested clergy will meet in Dallas for three days of formation, and planning — to take what we have learned to help organize the works that will carry this forward, and to begin preparing for the 2027 National Gathering.

This is not a conference to attend. It is a summit to work.

Who Should Come

  • Existing brotherhood leaders — the men already leading Boot Camps, buddy calls, and battle teams in their parishes
  • Men who want to build a brotherhood in their own parish and need the training, materials, and support to begin
  • Interested clergy who want to understand the Brotherhood's formation pathway and how it serves parish life

Everything the Brotherhood does is lived under the blessing and guidance of the Church.

The Summit is hosted at the cathedral of the Diocese of the South with the blessing of His Grace Gerasim, Bishop of Dallas and the South. 

What Attendees Will Receive

Previews of the materials Brotherhood book and training: the Brotherhood Formation Leaders Manual (12-Session Boot Camp), the Welcome & Relationships Handbook, and the latest developments in the ASI Course.

Placement in a working group.

  • Urgent needs — Editing, Event Planning, Team & Program Coordination, Social Media, Video Editing & Production, Kajabi (online course platform).
  • Also forming — Book Publishing, New Brother Greeters & Support, Web Design, Financial Management, Content Research, Database Management, Fundraising
  • A voice in the planning of the 2027 National Gathering, whose location will be discussed at the Summit
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Cost, Meals & Logistics

Registration: $25 per person — this helps cover a portion of the dining expenses. We have kept the cost minimal so that no man is kept away.

Meals: Lunch and dinner are provided Friday. All meals will be prepared in accord with the Church's fasting calendar (Friday, September 4 is a fast day). 

Travel & lodging: Flights and hotel accommodations are the responsibility of each attendee. A list of recommended hotels near the cathedral will be provided upon registration. 

The St Seraphim Cathedral is located at: 4208 Wycliff Ave, Dallas, TX 75219

The La Quinta Inn by Wyndham is 9 minutes away or 1. miles. (4440 N Central Expressway, Dallas, Texas 75206)

There are many hotels in the area.

We have created a Telegram Group for this event.  

Schedule: The Summit opens Thursday evening, September 3, and concludes Saturday afternoon, September 5. Daily prayer services will anchor our work. 

Reserve Your Seat

Registration deadline: mid-August 2026 âš‘

Register early.

 

Questions? Contact:

Gary Metz 714-943-0877

[email protected]

Coming Soon from St Paisios Press!

 Rising Again: Real Stories and Tools for Achieving Sexual Integrity

Every man who has fought this battle knows the cycle: the fall, the shame, the vow, the fall again. Rising Again  refuses both despair and easy answers. Drawing on real stories from men in the trenches and the time-tested wisdom of the ancient Church, this field manual treats the struggle for sexual integrity not as a willpower contest but as a healing — with Christ as Physician, confession and Eucharist as medicine, and brotherhood as the road mercy usually takes. If you've fallen a hundred times, this book is not about never falling. It's about getting up a hundred and one.

The Men Who Will Rebuild: A Field Guide for Men in an Age of Collapse

The modern project is failing — and hidden inside that failure is a mercy. The Men Who Will Rebuild names honestly what has been lost, why so many men feel surrounded and alone, and how the collapse itself clears the ground for something older and truer. Drawing on the ancient Christian vision and the recovered practice of brotherhood, this field guide forms men who can carry weight again: men of prayer, repentance, and quiet strength — the men who will rebuild what comes after.

Into the Light: Theosis and the Purpose of the Christian Life

Why did God make you? Not merely to be forgiven, but to be transfigured. Into the Light recovers the ancient Church's answer to the deepest human question: that the purpose of the Christian life is theosis — real participation in the life of God, received as gift through the cross, the sacraments, and a life of repentance. Accessible yet rooted in the Fathers, this book lifts the reader's eyes from religion-as-rule-keeping to the staggering destiny for which every soul was made: union with the living God.

St Paisios Brotherhood Formation: 12 Session Boot Camp for Orthodox Men — Leaders Manual

Men don't drift into spiritual maturity — they're formed into it, shoulder to shoulder. This Leaders Manual equips priests and laymen to guide a twelve-session boot camp that forges ordinary Orthodox men into a brotherhood of prayer, honesty, and repentance. Each session provides structure, discussion frameworks, and safeguards drawn from the Church's ascetical tradition — grounded in grace rather than performance, and pointed always toward the sacramental life of the Church. Everything a leader needs to take a group of isolated men and help them become brothers.

Call Your Brother: A Field Guide for the St. Paisios Brotherhood

When darkness closes in, the enemy's first move is always the same: isolate the man. Call Your Brother is a modern paterikon — true-to-life stories of Orthodox men speaking life into each other's darkness, paired with practical guidance for building the kind of friendships that hold a man up when he cannot stand. This is not a book about accountability software or self-improvement. It's about the ancient discipline of brotherhood: picking up the phone, telling the truth, and walking each other toward the mercy of Christ.

The Men Who Kept Getting Up: Why the Ancient Church Provides Hope for Modern Men

The modern world told men they were the problem — then took away everything that once made them whole. The Men Who Kept Getting Up follows men who found another way: not self-help, not rage, but the ancient Church that has been healing broken men for two thousand years. Through decades of struggle, brotherhood, fatherhood, and finally elderhood, this story shows what the Fathers always knew — that a righteous man is not one who never falls, but one who keeps getting up. For every man who suspects there's more, this is the road back.

Are You Awake?: 

(Nine Stories of the World as the Ancient Christians Saw It)

You've felt it — the suspicion that the world you've been handed is thinner than the real one. That beneath the noise, the screens, and the schedules, something has been put to sleep in you. Are You Awake? is nine stories told the way the ancient Christians would tell them: a world charged with the presence of God, where every choice matters, where the unseen war is real, and where a man can spend his whole life dreaming and never know it. Each story is a hand on the shoulder, shaking gently. Part parable, part alarm bell, part invitation — this collection doesn't argue you into faith. It wakes you up inside a bigger world and dares you to stay there. The question isn't whether you believe. The question is whether you're awake.

The Brotherhood Relationships Handbook

Programs don't change men. Relationships do — and relationships need a shape. This handbook is the governing document beneath every relationship in the Brotherhood: the daily call, the Rule of Life, ten principles drawn from the Church Fathers, the order of a brother's loyalties, and the guardrails that keep it all aimed at repentance rather than pride. Plain enough for a man with zero training, deep enough to carry him for life.

The St Paisios Brotherhood Daily Journal

Finally, a daily journal you can use in all of our programs.  Boot Camp, ASI or Battle Teams.

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