Laurence Mancuso ( born June 30 , 1934 - died June 10 , 2007 ) was the founding abbot of the New Skete Eastern Orthodox monastic community in upstate New York . Laurence Mancuso ( June 30 , 1934 â `` June 10 , 2007 ) was the founding abbot of the New Skete Eastern Orthodox monastic community in upstate New York .