New Skete (New York)

[1] These two communities are unique in that they have instituted wide-ranging reforms to the divine office and eucharistic liturgies of the Eastern Orthodox Church, aimed at rendering the services more comprehensible.

They have been criticized by Orthodox conservatives and traditionalists, but the monks and nuns have strongly defended their renewal of liturgy and monastic life.

The monastery has a chapel community as well as a fellowship of lay people, known as Companions, who seek to be formally connected with New Skete in order to deepen their spiritual lives.

This enrichment program serves those who seek to integrate prayer and spirituality in their daily activities and enhances their commitment to their own Christian life.

Anchored in a daily cycle of matins and vespers (with Divine Liturgy on Sundays and feast days), they try to be available to all who come to the monastery, in a manner in keeping with their vocation.