The sisterhood is not a religion. The sisterhood is a Pagan teaching order. This is similar to the way in which the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) are not a religion, they are a Catholic teaching order.

However, there are some beliefs about humans, the universe, and the relationship between them that almost all Sisters share. You can read about our core beliefs here.

Sisters of the Krokopeplos are also cultists in the most ancient of senses. Every Sister of the Krokopepelos has made a firm commitment to make learning, teaching, and knowing Liminality, Liberation, and Learning the primary purpose of her life, and to rejoice among the Ancestors of the Circle of Krokopeplos after her death. In this way, all Sisters are in relationship with the Goddess of the Krokopeplos, although each Sister constructs for herself the exact nature of the relationship, in companionship with her Sisters.

The Sisterhood is not a priesthood, although most members are priestesses. It is expected, but not required, that Sworn Sisters have already been function as priestesses of the Goddess of the Krokopeplos, or one or more of the goddesses of the krokopeplos, before entering the Sisterhood. There are literally thousands of pagan priesthoods already available. The Sisterhood, on the other hand, is a pagan MONASTIC order. To the best of our knowlege, it is the only modern pagan monastic order.

There are two forms of Sisterhood. Sarabaites & Sworn Sisters. You can read more about the details here. Briefly, Sarabaite nuns are permitted to be married, have young children, and retain individual ownership of private property. Sworn Sisters, on the other hand, are a true monastic order. Sisters take permanent vows and live together in small commune-abbeys called Circles. Their family (both emotionally and legally) is their own Circle. You can see the exact details of the vows here.