Visit Us

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We welcome you to spend time here as a guest or a pilgrim! Come join us for:

  • Daily prayers with the nuns
  • Reflection and time in nature
  • Zoar Farms animals and wool crafts
  • Indoor and outdoor projects
  • Community meals and conversation
  • Divine Liturgy and fellowship lunch on feast days

Daily throughout the year, the monastery chapel is open for monastic services and quiet prayer. Guests & pilgrims welcome.  Please email or call ahead to confirm service times.

Our guest room and guest house are open for individuals, families and small groups. Please contact us to schedule your visit. We may be able to arrange pickup from the nearest bus station (Oneonta, NY).

Experience Daily Life at the Monastery

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  • 7:00 a.m. First Hour
  • Quiet time, breakfast
  • 9:00 a.m. Matins and/or Third Hour
  • House meeting and work time
  • 12 Noon Sixth Hour
  • Lunch and work time
  • 3:00 p.m. Ninth Hour
  • Work time
  • 5:00 p.m. Vespers
  • Supper
  • Barn chores
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Guests are welcome to services and supper!
Note: Please call ahead (607) 432-3179 if you plan to join us so we can confirm the timing, as the schedule changes as needed and for Sundays and Great Feasts.

While You're in the Area

Visitors to the monastery often discover that there are many other places of interest in central New York State. We are blessed with two Orthodox mission churches and a number of Orthodox monasteries in the area. History and genealogy also bring many people here. Families with young children can visit the National Baseball Hall of Fame as well as other museums, colleges, libraries, and places of natural beauty such as Gilbert Lake, and a bit farther away, Howe's Caverns and Watkins Glen.

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Directions to Our Monastery

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Contact Us

144 Bert Washburn Rd
Otego, NY
13825-226

sisters
@hmbmonastery.org

(607) 432-3179