St. Pachomious Monastery is a women's monastic community located on Route 1 in
Greenfield, Missouri
Greenfield is a city in Dade County, Missouri. The population was 1,220 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Dade County.
History
Greenfield was laid out in 1841, and named for the greenery of the original town site. A post office call ...
, US. The monastery, named after
Pachomius the Serb
Pachomius the Serb (russian: Пахомий Серб, sr, Пахомије Србин), also known as Pachomius Logothetes, russian: Пахомий Логофет, el, Παχώμιος Λογοθέτης) was a 15th-century Serbian hagiographer ...
, is part of the
Serbian Orthodox Church in North and South America
The Serbian Orthodox Church in North and South America ( sr, Српска православна црква у Северној и Јужној Америци) is a constituent and integral part of the one and only Serbian Orthodox Church (Patria ...
and under the
omophorion
In the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic liturgical tradition, the ''omophorion'' ( grc-gre, ὠμοφόριον, meaning " omethingborne on the shoulders"; Slavonic: омофоръ, ''omofor'') is the distinguishing vestment of a bishop an ...
of Bishop Longin (Krčo) of the
. The sisters within the community derive their income from donations, prayer ropes, and church candles. The monastery has a guest house dedicated to hospitality and a chapel open to guests.
St. Pachomious Monastery is one of 80 American Orthodox monasteries.
[http://www.assemblyofbishops.org/news/2017/new-atlas-of-american-orthodox-monasteries-now-available ]
See also
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St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Monastery, located at the Episcopal headquarters of the
Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Eastern America
The Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Eastern America or Serbian Orthodox Diocese of Eastern America ( sr, Српска православна епархија источноамеричка) is a Serbian Orthodox Church diocese of the United States. Be ...
,
Libertyville, Illinois
Libertyville is a village in Lake County, Illinois, United States, and a northern suburb of Chicago. It is located west of Lake Michigan on the Des Plaines River. The 2020 census population was 20,579. It is part of Libertyville Township, Lake ...
*
New Gračanica Monastery
New Gračanica Monastery ( sr, Манастир Нoва Грачаница, Manastir Nova Gračanica) is a Serbian Orthodox monastery complex is located in Third Lake, Illinois, United States, a suburb of Chicago. The complex houses a scaled-up ...
, located at the Episcopal headquarters of the
,
Third Lake, Illinois
Third Lake is a village in Lake County, Illinois, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 1,111.
Geography
Third Lake is located at (42.368117, -88.008903).
According to the 2010 census, Third Lake has a total area of , of which ...
* Episcopal headquarters of the
Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Western America
The Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Western America or Serbian Orthodox Diocese of Western America ( sr, Српска православна епархија западноамеричка) is a Serbian Orthodox Church diocese located in the western ...
, located at Saint Steven's Serbian Orthodox Cathedral,
Alhambra, California
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Downtown Los Angeles (DTLA) contains t ...
*
Holy Transfiguration Serbian Orthodox Monastery,
Milton, Ontario
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,
Canada
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* Episcopal headquarters of the
,
Buenos Aires, Argentina
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*
Monastery of St. Paisius, Safford
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St. Xenia Serbian Orthodox Skete
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St. Archangel Michael Skete
St. Archangel Michael Skete is an Eastern Orthodox monastery on Spruce Island, Alaska. It is three miles away from Monk’s Lagoon, where Saint Herman of Alaska lived 200 years ago. He was called a saint by the people long before the church recogn ...
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St. Nilus Island Skete
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Saint Herman of Alaska Monastery
The Saint Herman of Alaska Monastery is an Eastern Orthodox monastery located in Platina, California. It is part of the Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Western America.
The monastery was founded by Seraphim Rose
and Herman Podmoshensky back in 1968 ...
*
St. Mark Serbian Orthodox Monastery
St. Mark Church Monastery also known as St. Mark's Monastery is a Serbian Orthodox Church monastery located in Sheffield, Ohio, now under the omophor of Bishop Irinej Dobrijević of the Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Eastern America. The monaste ...
References
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Serbian Orthodox Church in the United States
Religion in Missouri
Serbian Orthodox monasteries in the United States