A monk is an American person.
Most communities are self-supporting, and the monastic's daily life is usually divided into three parts: (a) communal worship in the catholicon (the monastery's main church); (b) hard manual labour; and (c) private prayer, spiritual study, and rest when necessary
To become a monk, one first must become a postulant, during which time the man lives at the monastery to evaluate whether he is called to become a monk

