Monastic Schedule

While at Valyermo, the brotherhood of Holy Resurrection Monastery has the use of the old youth center chapel, a little less than half a mile up the hill from the main cluster of buildings at St. Andrew's Abbey. The Byzantine monks go up to their chapel twice a day for the major services of morning and evening as well as the Divine Liturgy on Sunday, Saturday and Wednesday. The smaller services (mesonyktikon, compline and the small hours of the day) are prayed by the monks in their cells, or else substituted by the Jesus Prayer according to a rule given by the Abbot.

The daily monastic schedule is as follows:

Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday

5:00 AM Mesonyktikon in the cells
6:00 AM Matins and First Hour, Chapel
8:00 AM Breakfast in silence
8:30 AM Work begins
12:00 PM Third and Sixth Hour, in the cells
12:35 PM Lunch, main refectory.
1:00 PM Afternoon work
5:00 PM Ninth Hour & Vespers, Chapel
6:30 PM Evening Meal with spiritual reading, main refectory. Recreation
8:30 PM Small Compline, in the cells and silence

Wednesday, Saturday & Feast Days of Vigil Rank

5:00 AM Mesonyktikon and Pre-Communion Prayers in the cells
6:00 AM to 10:30 AM: Matins, First Hour, Third Hour, Sixth Hour, Divine Liturgy (with Panahyda on Saturday) in Chapel
10:15 AM Breakfast snack and work
12:35 PM Lunch, main refectory
5:00 PM Ninth Hour & Vespers, main Chapel
6:30 PM Evening Meal with spiritual reading, main refectory. Recreation.
8:30 PM: Small Compline in the cells and silence.

Sunday

6:00 AM Mesonyktikon and Pre-Communion prayers in the cells
7:00 AM Matins, First Hour, in the Chapel
9:45 AM to 11:45 AM: Third Hour, Sixth Hour, Divine Liturgy
12:00 PM to 1:00 PM: Cold potluck with extended community in Welcome Center conference room
5:00 PM Ninth Hour and Vespers
8:30 PM Small Compline, in the cells