Information for Visitors

The monastery welcomes all visitors, for a few hours, one day or a few days for retreats. Group talks, lecture and spiritual guidance can be arranged with the monks.

Visitors

Preferably from 2pm (1pm in Winter) until Vespers.

Monday is desert day: no visitors.

Phone ahead of time to announce your visit.

Dress Code

We remind you that the usual dress code for monasteries is as follows: no shorts or sleeveless shirts or any revealing clothing. Women must wear long modest skirts and have their head covered.

Remember that the monastery grounds are sacred place. We respectfully request that you dress and conduct yourselves in a manner appropriate to the meaning and mission of the monastery.

In the winter time the buildings are cold. It is suggested that you bring warm clothing.

No cell phones

Meals

Days of fasting during the week are the ones prescribed by the Canons of the Ecumenical Councils of the Holy Church: Wednesday and Friday, plus the fasting seasons. Monastics fast also on Monday, and abstain from meat and meat products all the year round.

Meals in monasteries are a formal act of prayer and are usually taken in silence. This requires that each person practice charity. We must always be attentive to the needs of others at the table.

Retreats

If you want to spend a short day or a few days at the monastery for a retreat, please make arrangements ahead of time. Conditions: respect the silence of the place, accept the simplicity of the life, follow the fasting rules of the monks. Men only.