A Freeper Odyssey: New Skete Monastery

Self ^ | 12/15/08 | Joe 6-pack

[ELS]

A wonderful story and great photos. Thanks.

[SuziQ]

What a lovely story! I'd never heard of the Monks and Nuns of New Skete. Are they Russian or Eastern Orthodox? I only ask because of the 'onion dome' design of the chapel.

Do they breed dogs for sale on the market, and do they only breed German Shepherds? From the pictures, they look like beautiful animals.

[Joe 6-pack]

They are Eastern Orthodox...they only breed German Shepherds, but run an all breeds obedience school for dogs (and their owners). If you go to the link in my original article it will take you to their website. They do sell puppies, but there is a long waiting list. Amongst other books, they are the authors of

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[Lorica]

Bumping a beautiful thread.

[SZonian]

Dog lover bump.

That was by far one of the best things I’ve read on FR.

Thanks for telling your tale (or is it tail?).

P.S. Will you add me to your doggieping list please?

FRegards,
SZ

[afraidfortherepublic]

In the dim recesses of my memory I am pulling up bits of this story — I must have read a synopsis from the thread where you originally posted some of this story.

This is a beautifully written thread, and I felt like I was there spying on your adventure. What a treat! Did you get another dog from them?

Thank you for the link and for sharing your adventure.

[Joe 6-pack]

No...I haven't obtained another New Skete dog...indeed, as you noted, there's a multi-year waiting list. Timber was still alive in 2005 when Hurricane Katrina rolled through, and that's when I rescued/adopted Ranger who's a Belgian Tervuren. I had the two of them for a couple years before Timber passed on, but now I just have Ranger. My work routine at present kind of precludes me from being fair to a new pup at this time, but perhaps someday :-)

In the meantime, Ranger keeps my hands full...

[afraidfortherepublic]

Those Belgians are nice too.

My daughter lives in the Albany/Saratoga area of NY, so maybe one day I’ll get to visit, if just to browse the gift shop. Cambridge is a little out of the way.

That chapel is certainly beautiful architecture. It looks Russian. Even the walls remind me of the chapel at Ft. Ross in CA (now burned to the ground by vandals) that dated from when the Russians had outposts almost as far south as San Francisco. Ft. Ross and the chapel were built of weathered redwood. Do you know what the Monks of New Skete used to build theirs?

[Joe 6-pack]

If you’re in Albany, you’re not too far; well worth the drive from there. No, I’m not aware where the wood came from for the chapel, although the plaque on the door indicates that local slate was used for the floor...

[afraidfortherepublic]

Well, we’ll have to try it on our next visit. Thanks for the info.

[The Westerner]

Thank you, Joe. An ode to man’s best friend.

[Joe 6-pack]

13 yearsbto the day, bump.

[M Kehoe]

Bttt.

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