The Monastery

The monastery on the Virtual Town Square is actually a Metochion (Greek) or Podvoria (Russian) - a small urban monastic dependency. It is called the

St. Theophan the Recluse Skete

The monastery is also a microcosm of the Virtual Town Square as described below (click on the link to see other nesting microcosms):

The Cell / HermitageThe  Monastery ChurchThe Toolshed
 The Scriptatorum The Quad The Gate
 The Library The RefectoryThe Infirmary

 

The Skete on Second Life

A hermitage of the St. Theophan Skete can be found on Second Life at Kiriyevsky Island.

Some other Virtual Monasteries:

Some real world Monasteries in North America:

Other Monasteries in the world: