The town square monastery is the

Sts Theophan the Recluse and Benedict of Nursia Skete

The skete is actually a metochion/podvoria/monastic dependency. It is a dependency of The Monastery of Our Lady and St. Laurence, which is an Orthdodox (Antiochian Archdiocese) monastery that is Western Rite and follows the Rule of St. Benedict.

We are oblates rather than full monastics. We are bi-ritual, mainly praying offices of the Eastern Rite, but occasionally doing Western Rite offices.

The Daily Office Schedule

Mondays

Monday is a "desert day" in which offices are done according to the Western Rite or done on the prayer rope. Compline is at 5:00 PM, which is shared via zoom with other Oblates.

• 9:00 AM Matins, Lauds & Prime
• 3:00 PM Vespers

The Skete Western Rites services are done via the "St. Tikhon Rite" as it appears in the English Office Noted

Other Weekdays

• 9:00 AM - Midnight Office (Nocturns)
• 12:00 PM - Sixth Hour (if not done with Nocturns or replaced by the Ninth hour at Vespers)
• 6:00 PM - Ninth Hour and Vespers
• 10:30 PM - Compline

Weekends/Other

Vespers on Saturday night and Divine Liturgy on Sunday morning happens at St. Nicholas Orthodox Church of Saratoga.

Most major feast days are also at St. Nicholas, but some are done as vigils at the Skete. There are also occasional other services/devotions.

We also coordinate a Sts. Theophan the Recluse and Ignatius Brianchaninov Study Group.