The principal duty of monks is to offer a service to the divine majesty at once humble and noble within the walls of the monastery, whether they dedicate themselves entirely to divine worship in the contemplative life or have legitimately undertaken some apostolate or work of Christian charity.
Wajibu wa kwanza wa wamonaki ni kumtolea Mungu mkuu utumishi mnyenyekevu na mtukufu ndani ya kuta za monasteri, ama kwa kujitolea kabisa kwa ibada takatifu katika maisha ya faraghani, au kwa kujibebesha kihalali tendo fulani la kitume au la mapendo ya kikristo.