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'''St. Michael's Monastery''' in Cañones, New Mexico, is an Orthodox Christian monastery for [[monk|men]], under the [[omophorion]] of His Beatitude [[Jonah (Paffhausen) of Washington|Jonah of Washington]], locum tenens of Dallas and the South of the [[Orthodox Church in America]].
==Description==
St. Michael's SketeMonastery, founded in 1993, is set on approximately 15 acres located amidst the high desert foothills of the Jemez Mountains in northwestern New Mexico; in October 2009, the Skete community, previously a skete, was designated a monastery. The monastery is blessed with a year-round natural spring that originates on the property, as well as a large stream that crosses the [[monastery]] grounds. It is also at some distance from major population centers, which is beneficial to a [[monasticism|monastic]] community.
==Community life==
The life of St. Michael's Monastery is centered around the [[daily cycle]] of services that are conducted in St. Michael the Archangel Monastic [[Church]], [[Consecration of a church|consecrated]] on [[August 30]], 2003. The main work of this monastic community is one of prayer and repentance; however, the brotherhood makes a living by providing hand-dipped pure beeswax candles to a number of churches. The skete monastery also has a guesthouse, the ''Holy Archangels House of Ascent'', and is available for visitors who call in advance.
==Facilities==
==External link==
*[http://wwwmohamnm.stmichaelssketeorthodoxws.org com/ Official website]
*[http://www.oca.org/news/1961 News report from OCA website] about St. Michael's Skete being named a monastery