St. Pachomious Monastery

{{Short description|Serbian Orthodox monastery in Greenfield Missouri}}

St. Pachomious Monastery is a women's monastic community located on Route 1 in Greenfield, Missouri, US.{{cite web |url=http://www.american-orthodox.church/monastery.html |title=Monastery - American Orthodox Church |website=www.american-orthodox.church |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180815135336/http://american-orthodox.church/monastery.html |archive-date=2018-08-15}} The monastery, named after Pachomius the Serb, is part of the Serbian Orthodox Church in North and South America and under the omophorion of Bishop Longin (Krčo) of the Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of New Gračanica and Midwestern America. The sisters within the community derive their income from donations, prayer ropes, and church candles. The monastery has a guest house dedicated to hospitality and a chapel open to guests.{{Cite web|url=https://thepaintedhawk.wordpress.com/orthodox-womens-monastreries/|title=Orthodox Women's Monastreries|date=13 March 2011}}{{Cite web|url=https://orthodox-world.org/en/i/25340/United-States/Missouri/Greenfield/Monastery/Saint-Pachomious-Serbian-Orthodox-Monastery|title = Saint Pachomious Serbian Orthodox Monastery, Greenfield, United States}}

St. Pachomious Monastery is one of 80 American Orthodox monasteries.http://www.assemblyofbishops.org/news/2017/new-atlas-of-american-orthodox-monasteries-now-available {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}

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