Mepkin Abbey Announces the Favorites from the 2017 Crèche Festival

Visitors are welcome! Enjoy the gardens at your leisure or a guided tour of the church. (Note: The guided church tours include a walk from the Reception Center to the Abbey Church, a distance of about a quarter of a mile.) Reservations required for groups of 10+.

Dogs are allowed on the property but must be on a leash. Please pick up after your dog.

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Tours are 11:30 AM and 3:00 PM Tuesdays to Saturdays. Tours are $5 per person (children and students free) which includes a guidebook of either the Gardens or the Monastery.

There will be not tours of the monastery and church from Nov. 11 to Dec. 3 because of the Creche Festival.

Please note that there are no tours on Sundays and Mondays.

Please visit us during these days/hours:
Tuesday – Saturday: 9am – 4pm
Sunday: 1pm – 3pm
Monday: Closed

Once a month, on a Friday, the monks have a day of total silence and solitude. They call these the “Desert Days” and no tours of the monastery are given on these days. However, the Visitors’ Center/Gift Shop and the gardens are open.

The Desert Days for 2018 are:
January 12
February 9
March 2
April 13
May 4
June 1
July 6
August 10
September 7
October 5
November 9
December 14

Mepkin Abbey Reception Center/Gift Shop
1098 Mepkin Abbey Rd.
Moncks Corner, SC 29461
843 761-8509 (ask for store)
Mepkinstore@gmail.com