We're Going to Have a Monastery Built Nearby

[katherine2001]

The priest of the OCA parish in Bozeman emailed us that they are going to be putting up the cross for the new monastery that is going to be established nearby on Friday. Evidently, it is going to be an offshoot of the Monastery of St. John of Shanghai and San Francisco. A member of the parish donated the land. Both Fr. Meletios and Bishop Benjamin are going to be there for this. I just wish I could attend. It will be so nice to have a monastery within distance that would only take 2 hours or so to get to. The parish also has a piece of land to build a real Orthodox temple and a cemetery. I am really glad for our sister parish in Bozeman.

 

[ArmyMatt]

glory to God!

 

[Macarius]

The priest of the OCA parish in Bozeman emailed us that they are going to be putting up the cross for the new monastery that is going to be established nearby on Friday. Evidently, it is going to be an offshoot of the Monastery of St. John of Shanghai and San Francisco. A member of the parish donated the land. Both Fr. Meletios and Bishop Benjamin are going to be there for this. I just wish I could attend. It will be so nice to have a monastery within distance that would only take 2 hours or so to get to. The parish also has a piece of land to build a real Orthodox temple and a cemetery. I am really glad for our sister parish in Bozeman.

Any word of which monks from that monastery (St. John of Shanghai) will be joining the new one?

Will this be similar in character to the Monastery of St. John or more of a skete / hermitage for monks from St. John to move to if they are called to that life?

If you know none of the answers to the above that's totally fine; I figured it couldn't hurt to ask

Great news though - and I'm really glad to see the Monastery of St. John found an offshoot; they're a solid group of monks and, at least to my impression, a really healthy monastery.

 

[katherine2001]

I don't know yet. Fr. Meletios served in Montana for awhile at one of the Greek parishes (I don't know if it was in Missoula or Great Falls). Winter in Montana will be a lot different than California for sure. We need monasteries in this part of the country.

 

[nutroll]

That is wonderful. My wife and I and our baby might have to make a yearly pilgrimage since we are coming to Montana every year anyway.

 

[Dorothea]

That's wonderful news!

 

[ArmyMatt]

I know in my hometown Lancaster, PA, there is a lot of farmland and Mother Christophora of Holy Transfiguration said that some of those farms would be perfect places for a monastery to be built, so maybe what is happening near you can happen near where I come from.

here's to hoping

 

[Macarius]

I don't know yet. Fr. Meletios served in Montana for awhile at one of the Greek parishes (I don't know if it was in Missoula or Great Falls). Winter in Montana will be a lot different than California for sure. We need monasteries in this part of the country.

Winter in Manton is snowy and cold - probably not to the degree that Montana is, but its not a coastal climate down there.

 

[ma2000]

Glory to God!

 

[katherine2001]

Winter in Manton is snowy and cold - probably not to the degree that Montana is, but its not a coastal climate down there.

It is not unusual to have it get to -20 or -30 degrees (without the wind chill figured in) in winter here. It is beautiful country around where the monastery will be though. One winter when I lived in Helena, it didn't get above 0 for two weeks and was diving to -25 to -30 at night (again without the wind chills).

 

[Ortho_Cat]

Glory to thee o Lord, glory to thee!