Let the brightness of the Lord our God be upon us,
and direct the works of our hands to do good. Guide the works of our hands.
- Psalm 89
*This is now an active monastery. Visits may be arranged via the Contact Us page.
“A monastery is a place where our entire life is dedicated to following Christ, to attaining the mind of Christ Himself, Who bears within Himself all of mankind.”
- Saint Sophrony of Essex
St. Peter’s welcomes our new founding abbot, Papa Ephraim. He arrived on September 18 and is regularly celebrating Divine Liturgy and Vespers.
“Let the walls of
Jerusalem be built.”
St. Peter’s is a new English-speaking Orthodox monastery in Montana’s beautiful Madison valley. The monastery is still under construction and hopes to be able to accommodate monks later in 2026.
What’s happening at the monastery?
Find here occasional posts relating to St. Peter’s Monastery and Camp developments.
Camps
St. Peter’s sponsors a popular youth camp every summer that enables young adults (ages 16-22) to grow in their faith while building a new monastery, learning basic construction skills, and making friends with other Orthodox Christians throughout the Northwest and beyond.
We give from what we have been given.
If you would like to participate in this good work, please pray for us and consider contributing to St. Peter’s Monastery Foundation. Your gifts support the costs of construction and operations. Thank you.
“An Orthodox monastery is the clearest representation of the Kingdom of God on earth that the Church can offer. The very person of a monk or a nun is a sign, in the Biblical sense, that Christ is indeed risen. The ‘other-worldly’ orientation of a monastic is a wordless witness to all who encounter him that this is not all there is. St. Peter's will be the first Orthodox monastery in the State of Montana. Our brotherhood is honored to be involved in this ground-breaking, Kingdom-advancing work.”
- Hieromonk Innocent, Abbot of St. John Monastery, Manton, CA