Monastery Events

Pilgrimage Days

On Saturday of the third weekend after Pascha, the Leave-taking of the feast of our patrons, the Holy Myrrhbearers, we have a Pilgrimage Day to welcome all of you to join us for special prayer and fellowship.

For 2025, the Divine Liturgy for our patronal feast will be Saturday, May 10 at 10 AM, followed by a potluck lunch.

During the Pilgrimage Day, we will have an open house with a chance to meet the sisterhood, see our monastery and tour our Zoar Farms.

We also welcome small groups and individual guests at other times, when you may participate in our daily life of prayer and work.

Please phone the monastery at (607) 432-3179 or e-mail us at myrrhbearers@holymyrrhbearers.com for further information or any questions.

Note: Our guest house accommodations are usually filled quickly for our Pilgrimages, so please make local hotel/motel reservations early. We are located near historic Oneonta and Cooperstown in scenic upstate New York.  Accommodations in the Oneonta/Otego Area.

35th Anniversary Celebration: 1977 to 2012

On August 26th and 27th 2012 we celebrated the 35th Anniversary of the monastery's founding, the 40th Anniversary of our Abbess's monastic life-profession and the 50th Anniversary of our Mother Michaela's life-profession!

We thank Metropolitan Tikhon for presiding at the festal hierarchical Divine Liturgy that Saturday. We also thank Bishop Michael of the Diocese of New York and New Jersey for doing so much to make our celebration happen, Father Ilya Gotlinsky, pastor of Dormition Church, Binghamton, NY, for hosting Saturday's Divine Liturgy and Matushka Julianna for directing the amazing choir, Father Jim Dutko, pastor of St. Michael's Church, Binghamton and emcee extrodinaire and all the people of St. Michael's who worked so hard to host the banquet and make it a beautiful success and last but not least Tatiana and Jeffrey Hoff and the many friends who worked behind the scenes with them to coordinate the celebration.

Here are links to coverage of the celebration:

News coverage by the Orthodox Church in America

OCA Picture Coverage!

Coverage by the Diocese of New York and New Jersey with more great pictures