Monastery Projects

If you visit the monastery, you will see that we are currently working on several major projects.

We thank God for the continued interest and support of the faithful of our monastic communities. While we strive to support ourselves for our daily needs as much as possible, when it comes to building and embellishing our dwellings and places of worship we depend on your love and generosity.

A NEW MONASTIC CLOISTER

After many months of careful planning, we are well underway with the construction of a traditional monastic cloister.

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The cloister will be styled following the example of many traditional monastic enclosures. With room for 26 monks, it will have room for growth for the future in a private monastic environment. Current existing buildings will provide reception areas, guest rooms, a library, and offices.

To ensure we understand the purpose of your donation, select
“Building Fund” (in PayPal’s purpose for donation drop-down list) .

ICONOGRAPHY FOR OUR MONASTERY CATHOLICON

Through the generosity of the faithful the iconography of the catholicon has been paid for and completed.

OVERVIEW

Installing church icons at Saint John of San Francisco Monastery

God willing, the final icons for the catholicon will be installed in the middle of June in time for our feast day on July 1.

May the Holy Trinity bless all the faithful who contributed to this project through St. john’s prayers.

The next project will be the adornment of the two side chapels dedicated to the New Confessors St. Philaret, Metropolitan of New York and St. Gylcherie, Metropolitan of Romania.

Iconography Project Details

Make a Donation

How to Make a Donation by Check or by PayPal

Please mail your check made out to:

Saint John of San Francisco Orthodox Monastery151 Heron Road, Cobleskill, NY 12043

Attention: Icon Project

Don’t forget to include your instructions for the purpose of your donation.
If you want to pay using installments, please let us know this as well.

(Paying by check is our preferred Method.)

How to Make a Donation Online

Click on the link below to make your donation using PayPal.

To ensure we understand the purpose of your donation:

1) From the PayPal drop-down list choose “New Icons for Church”.
Choose the purpose of your donation

2) If you are not a PayPal member, select Donate with either a debit or credit card.

3) Specify which icon(s) you are contributing towards by clicking on the
“+ Please provide any instructions” text on the second page of the PayPal donations form.

Have questions? Click on the button below to send us an email.

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A NEW CEMETERY

Saint John of San Francisco Orthodox Monastery has established a cemetery where the faithful of the Metropolis can be buried.

OVERVIEW

Orthodox Christians have always had a great love for monasticism. The faithful that are buried here are perpetually commemorated during the daily cycle of services.

The Divine Liturgy is served regularly and the hieromonks serve a memorial service for the reposed daily.

Pricing

Prices

Donation	Price
$1,100.00	$1,100.00
* Opening and Closing	$1,100.00
* Wood Cross (not required if stone is used	$1,100.00
*Name plate (not required if stone is used)	$50.00
*Initial Care	$400.00
*Perpetual Care	$500.00
*Perpetual Commemoration	$500.00
**Lantern	on request
**Candle	on request
**12-week Candle Service	on request
Stone Cross	on request
*Headstone Ledge for stone	$1000.00
Foundation for Stone Grave Cover	* Upon Request *
TOTAL COST WITH WOOD CROSS	$4,750.00
** Prices of these optional servicesare upon request

These charges do not include professional funeral home charges for overseeing the funeral arrangements and burial. These arrangements are the responsibility of the family and not St. John of San Francisco Orthodox Monastery.

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Burial Pricing

St John of San Francisco Monastery Burial Pricing

The funeral services must be held at the origin / home Parish. Your local funeral home will need to coordinate with the local Cobleskill funeral home for documentation, retrieval and transport to the monastery. The funeral home in Cobleskill we recommend is:

Langan Funeral Home
Contact: Michael Langan
Ph: (518) 295-8175

If possible, we kindly ask to refrain from embalming the reposed. However, to cross state lines one must be embalmed. In this case we ask the reposed to be embalmed with a “green” / “organic” embalming fluid, and preferably a biodegradable casket. If you need any assistance with your funeral home, we can provide a contact that can help with these arrangements.

Please have your burial instructions clearly stated on a separate document. It is strongly advised to not put your burial instructions in your will.

***To reserve a plot, a non-refundable deposit of $750.00 is required.

***Full payment must be paid no later than 60 days after interment.

I and my heirs and executors agree to honor the above payment schedule.

Printed: ____________________________________

Signed: ____________________________________

Date: _______________

Saint Photios Orthodox Theological Seminary

The New Seminary is thriving.

The specific objectives of the Seminary are to ensure that its students graduate with a thorough knowledge and accurate comprehension of the primacy of Scripture and its expression in, and concord with, the teachings of the Church Fathers, Holy Tradition, and the sacred doctrines of the Eastern Orthodox Church.

The seminary frequently posts public lectures, conferences, and informal interviews on their YouTube channel.

Seminary YouTube channel

To find more information about Saint Photios Orthodox Theological Seminary, click on the link below.

Seminary website

VOLUNTEER TO HELP

Come to the monastery or support us from afar.

Areas of where you can help:

Candle Shop
Website Development
Writing and Proofing
The cloister construction project
Garden and landscape
More…

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ICONOGRAPHY

CONSTRUCTION

CEMETERY

Saint Photios Orthodox Theological Seminary

Monastery Projects

If you visit the monastery, you will see that we are currently working on several major projects.

We thank God for the continued interest and support of the faithful of our monastic communities. While we strive to support ourselves for our daily needs as much as possible, when it comes to building and embellishing our dwellings and places of worship we depend on your love and generosity.

A NEW MONASTIC CLOISTER

After many months of careful planning, we are well underway with the construction of a traditional monastic cloister.

ICONOGRAPHY FOR OUR MONASTERY CATHOLICON

Through the generosity of the faithful the iconography of the catholicon has been paid for and completed.

OVERVIEW

Iconography Project Details

Side Chapel Icons Need Donors

Make a Donation

How to Make a Donation by Check or by PayPal

How to Make a Donation Online

A NEW CEMETERY

Saint John of San Francisco Orthodox Monastery has established a cemetery where the faithful of the Metropolis can be buried.

OVERVIEW

Pricing

Prices

These charges do not include professional funeral home charges for overseeing the funeral arrangements and burial. These arrangements are the responsibility of the family and not St. John of San Francisco Orthodox Monastery.

Burial Pricing

St John of San Francisco Monastery Burial Pricing

Saint Photios Orthodox Theological Seminary

The New Seminary is thriving.

VOLUNTEER TO HELP

Come to the monastery or support us from afar.

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