ESOM Monastery May 2026

Jesus speaks very clearly to his disciples in John 15,5:
“Apart from me you can do nothing.”

What does this mean? And how do we actually live in this kind of dependence on Him in our daily lifes?

For almost three days, we will step away from social media, deadlines, notifications, and the rush of everyday life. Together we will gather in a monastery to slow down, reflect deeply, and practise spiritual disciplines that Jesus himself lived by—disciplines that apprentices of Jesus have practised for centuries.

We want this to be more than just a nice weekend experience. As we already started to prep for the monastery, we want the whole 2,5 month to be a time of real transformation.
This retreat itself will just serve as the “grand finale” of our two-and-a-half-month journey of learning to walk closer with God.