Editing Monk (section)

====Lutheranism====
:''Further: [[Template:Lutheran orders|Lutheran religious orders]]''
[[File:Kloster Loccum.jpg|thumb|left|[[Loccum Abbey]] continued as a Lutheran monastery since the 16th century A.D.]]
[[Loccum Abbey]] and [[Amelungsborn Abbey]] have the longest traditions as Lutheran monasteries; after the Reformation, many monasteries and [[convent]]s were received into the Lutheran Church and continued religious life, existing to this day.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.medievalhistories.com/kloster-ebstorf-convent-bad-bevensen-near-luneburg/|title=Kloster Ebstorf|work=Medieval Histories |date=8 August 2014|language=en|access-date=20 November 2017|quote=The monastery is mentioned for the first time in 1197. It belongs to the group of so-called Lüneklöstern (monasteries of Lüne), which became Lutheran convents following the Protestant Reformation. […] It is currently one of several Lutheran convents maintained by the Monastic Chamber of Hanover (Klosterkammer Hannover), an institution of the former Kingdom of Hanover founded by its Prince-Regent, later King George IV of the United Kingdom, in 1818, in order to manage and preserve the estates of Lutheran convents. |last1=Histories |first1=Medieval }}</ref>

Since the 19th and 20th century, there has been a renewal in the monastic life among Lutheranism. Lutheran religious orders in the Franciscan, Benedictine and other traditions exist, with some Lutheran monasteries having [[third order]]s and accepting [[oblate]]s.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ev. Oblates of St. Benedict |url=http://www.lutheranmountaineer.org/oblates/ |publisher=Lutheran Campus Ministry at WVU |access-date=28 July 2020 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://icdb.org/show.php?r=osb&PHPSESSID=8ed75cc0dbee7b113b0e220ce70deacd |access-date=2010-01-13 |title=Order of Saint Benedict |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726165008/http://icdb.org/show.php?r=osb&PHPSESSID=8ed75cc0dbee7b113b0e220ce70deacd |archive-date=2011-07-26}}</ref>

In American Lutheran traditions, "The Congregation of the Servants of Christ" was established at St. Augustine's House in [[Oxford, Michigan]], in 1958 when some other men joined Father [[Arthur Kreinheder]] in observing the monastic life and offices of prayer. These men and others came and went over the years. The community has always remained small; at times the only member was Father Arthur.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070604192849/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,829997,00.html The Lonely Lutheran Monk], [[Time (magazine)|TIME Magazine]] (March 1, 1963). Retrieved 13-01-10.</ref> During the 35 years of its existence over 25 men tested their vocations to monastic life by living at the house for some time, from a few months to many years, but at Father Arthur's death in 1989 only one permanent resident remained. At the beginning of 2006, there was 2 permanent professed members and 2 long-term guests. Strong ties remain with this community and their brothers in Sweden ([[Östanbäck monastery]]) and in Germany ([[Priory of St. Wigbert]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.staugustineshouse.org/|title=Staugustineshouse.org}}</ref>

There is also the [[Order of Lutheran Franciscans]], a religious community of friars and sisters within the tradition of the [[Evangelical Lutheran Church in America]].