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July 7, 2011
Wayne, WV: Summer in Holy Cross Monastery

We would like to bring to the attention of our readers wonderful photographs of summer in the farms of Holy Cross Monastery in Wayne, WV.

One of the main sources of income for the monastery is the sale of hand crafted soaps and pure monastery honey. The monks use milk from the monastery goats to produce their high quality hand crafted soaps. The large apiaries produce an abundant supply of pure monastery honey to feed the brethren and the hundreds of pilgrims who visit the monastery annually.

In order to provide milk for the monastery soap and food for the brethren, every day the monks must carefully tend to the vegetable gardens and take care of the monastery bees, chickens, goats, and cows. The monastery farm provides the monks with fresh vegetables, honey, eggs, and milk, from which the monks even produce homemade cheese.

The following photographs will give you an inside look at the life and workings of the farms at Holy Cross Monastery. If you are interested in purchasing homemade soaps or other hand crafted items produced by the monks, please visit the online kiosk on the official website of the monastery. 100% of the proceeds from your purchase will go to help support the rapidly growing monastic brotherhood at Holy Cross Monastery. Click here to download the July 2010 monastery newsletter.

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