New Skete Lane
By Brother Gregory Many people have driven up New Skete Lane over the years without giving much attention to the history of this road. Our focus is mostly on where the road leads us and on the memories that we hold from visiting New Skete. I once came across a picture of the original New Skete Lane coming up the property and seeing it wind to the left just below the original first building built by the monks. Brother Stavros said recently that the monks focused early on the need to change the road, widening it and making it direct as it came up around the mountain. These changes were done early on, and New Skete Lane now is how most of us remember it. For fifty-plus years, New Skete Lane has served us well, but with extensive use by trucks and numerous cars, and hard winter seasons, this road has needed extensive repairs. The monks and nuns have many memories and stories of cars and some trucks driving off the road because of ice and mud on the road. I once had to ta...