Información de perfil
Evaluación del anfitrión
100 %
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100.0 %
Usually responds ≤ 3 dias
Comentarios
11
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Detalles
Descripción
We are an international Monastic community of Orthodox Christian Nuns, with roots in Greece. Our Sisters are from various countries (Greece, Norway, England, Russia, USA, Georgia, and others). We are located on a farm in a mountain village near Valldal, with a view of the magnificient fjords. Our main occupation is keeping the daily and festal services of the Liturgical year, which encompasses ecclesiastical arts, Byzantine music, spiritual literature, and hymnography, but we spend time also cultivating the farm, especially for herbs, because we produce all-natural, handmade healing balms and soaps.
We are looking for help with manual labor on the farm, on which the Monastery is located. Specific projects for Spring/Summer 2023 include 1) cutting grass/weeding and planting flowers and herbs which attract bees (the month of May--this is especially manual labor, because the field is steep, and we cannot use machines there), vegetable gardens (weeding, planting, watering (May-September) 2) pruning and caring for the hazelnut and apple trees (May-September), collecting herbs, roots, berries, flowers, such as pine, dandelion, St. John's Wart, fir, juniper, wild blueberry, etc. (May-October), which we use in our handmade products, 3) cutting trees, cutting firewood (May-November). Guests are requested to participate in the program of the Monastery. As long as we have resources available, every Trapeza provides a cooked food, salad, fruit, and bread. In periods/on days of "fasting" prescribed by the Church (Great Lent, Wednesday, Friday, etc.), the food does not contain meat, dairy, eggs, fish, or oil. In periods/on days where all foods are allowed, the food may contain meat, dairy, etc. We do not have the possibility to cater to any dietary preferences such as vegan, vegetarian, raw diets. Volunteers are expected to eat the same food as the Sisters, in the common meals. The hours between meals are designated for work projects (10.30-16.30). The Sisters will accompany, demonstrate, and explain to workers the task at hand. Please be prepared to accept any of the above mentioned tasks, and to dress modestly. We accept couples, but men and women will sleep in separate rooms. Camping is allowed. No smoking on the grounds of the Sacred Monastery. Please expect to work in groups with Sisters, with other volunteers, and also alone.
Tipos de ayuda y oportunidades de aprendizaje
Ayuda en proyectos ecológicos
Jardinería
Proyectos de construcción y bricolaje
Ayuda en una granja
Mantenimiento general
Ayuda con ordenadores/Internet
Objetivos de sostenibilidad de las NU que intenta conseguir este anfitrión
Intercambio cultural y oportunidades de aprendizaje
How to work with other people from various countries. Have an insight to daily Monastic life. Be able to develop their skills and knowledge in the framework of the tasks and activities described above.
Ayuda
Foraging, collecting wild berries, herbs, roots, nuts. Vegetable, herb, flower gardens. Permaculture farming. Weeding. Forestry work: cutting trees for firewood, forest mainentance. Fruit trees. Cutting grass on the mountainous farm. Fence-building, fence maintenance. Digging trenches for storm water drainage. DIY furniture restoration and painting.
Idiomas hablados
Alemán: Fluido
Greek: Fluido
Inglés: Fluido
Español: Fluido
Francés: Fluido
Georgian: Fluido
Norwegian: Fluido
Ruso: Fluido
Italiano: Intermedio
Alojamiento
A private bedroom, which may be shared with other workaways. A common bathroom. Camping is allowed.
Algo más...
Much sight-seeing, hiking, fishing, skii
Un poco más de información
Acceso a Internet
Acceso a Internet limitado
Tenemos animales
Somos fumadores
Puede alojar familias
Espacio para aparcar autocaravanas
Este anfitrión puede proporcionar un sitio para autocaravanas.
¿Cuántos voluntarios puedes hospedar?
Más de dos
Horas esperadas
5 hours/day, 5 days/week
Comentarios (7)
I wanted to express my immense gratitude to all of you for the wonderful time I had in Ruset. Norway is an astonishingly beautiful country, and you all showed me some of its most impressive places. Moreover, it was heartwarming to see the unconditional warmth and hospitality with which… read more
You live in an exceptional place ,with an exceptional mindset, in an exceptional way.
The monastery is perched on a hill face opposite the UNESCO World Heritage Tafjord, where, I was told, the King of Norway famously goes walking. Indeed, the… read more
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I wanted to express my immense gratitude to all of you for the wonderful time I had in Ruset. Norway is an astonishingly beautiful country, and you all showed me some of its most impressive places. Moreover, it was heartwarming to see the unconditional warmth and hospitality with which… read more
You live in an exceptional place ,with an exceptional mindset, in an exceptional way.
The monastery is perched on a hill face opposite the UNESCO World Heritage Tafjord, where, I was told, the King of Norway famously goes walking. Indeed, the… read more
Amazing dishes, 5 stars for the kitchen.
We did different tasks around the monastery such as… read more
About the daily routine: At 7 o'clock the sisters held a service but we didn't have to attend and could sleep a little longer. At 10 we had the first meal,… read more
We felt very welcome and appreciated the daily structure of the… read more
My duties as a volunteer included… read more
