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 / Hermitage [1] | The Monastery Church | The Toolshed |
| The Scriptatorum | The Quad | The Gate |
| The Library | The Refectory | The Infirmary |
A hermitage of the St. Theophan Skete can be found on Second Life [2] at Kiriyevsky Island [3].
Some other Virtual Monasteries:
Some real world Monasteries in North America:
- St. Herman of Alaska Monastery, CA (M) [6]
- OCA Diocese of the West Monasteries [7]:
- St. John of San Francisco Monastery, CA (M) [8]
- St. Barbara Monastery, CA (W)
- Our Lady of Kazan Skete, CA (W)
- Protection of the Holy Virgin Monastery, CO (W)
- St. Paisus Orthodox Monastery, AZ (W)A [9]
- St. Anthony's Monastery, AZ (M) [10]
- All-Merciful Savior Russian Orthodox Monastery (M) [11]
- A list of Orthodox Monasteries in North America [12]
Other Monasteries in the world: