Eastern Orthodox Church

==== Eastern Orthodox Order of Saint Benedict ====
The '''Order of Saint Benedict''' is an affiliation of monastics of the Eastern Orthodox Church who strive to live according to the [[Rule of St Benedict]]. The equivalent monastic order in the [[Catholic Church]] is known as the [[Order of Saint Benedict]], abbreviated as OSB.

Within the United States, the [[Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of North America]] has at least one Benedictine monastery.<ref>{{Cite web |title=News & Events – the Benedictine Fellowship of Saint Laurence |url=http://www.saintlaurenceosb.org/news--events.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117015639/http://www.saintlaurenceosb.org/news--events.html |archive-date=2015-11-17 |access-date=2015-11-15}}</ref>

Several Benedictine monastic houses, ''[[skete]]s'' and hermitages fit within the Russian Orthodox Church outside of Russia, all of which are [[Stauropegic monastery|''stavropegial'']] directly under the Metropolitan. An oblate programme exists for Orthodox laity Saint Benedict Russian Orthodox Church in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Russian Orthodox Oklahoma – Only the finest russian orthodox oklahoma |url=http://www.russianorthodoxoklahoma.org/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190128055347/http://www.russianorthodoxoklahoma.org/ |archive-date=2019-01-28 |access-date=2020-04-26}}</ref>