Nortish religious houses/Reform

Nortish religious houses
Camevole Abbey in Bissex is a Royal Cistercian convent.
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A religious house in Great Nortend and the Church of Nortend is a religious corporation formed by charter and community of professed men or women who live according to a rule. Great Nortend has a long and unbroken history of religious life dating back to Sulthey Abbey founded in the 8th century by St. Laurence in 751, two years after the foundation of the church and See of Sulthey. There are currently as of 2020 623 religious houses in Great Nortend under the auspices of the Church of Nortend, with a total of approximately 10,000 members.

In modern days, houses are divided between the monasteries and the convents, the former living a mostly enclosed life and the latter living „in the world”. Monastics and conventuals both have their principal daily duties to be attending to divine service and prayer, and otherwise dedicate themselves to alms-giving, charity, study and care-giving. As a result of the Church Reforms, Nortish religious make vows but may leave the religious life for just cause.

Monastic houses

There are 324 monasteries in Great Nortend, where professed members are called monks and minchens. Each monastery has its own rule of life as given in its charter, all variants of the Rule of St. Benedict. They broadly fall into two branches, being the „Black” and the „White”, named for the colour of the woollen habits of the monks and minchens. The monks take vows of poverty, chastity, stability and obedience upon profession.