Monastic Communities - Orthodox Church in America
The Orthodox Church in America. The Mission of The Orthodox Church in America (OCA), the local autocephalous Orthodox Christian Church, is to be faithful in fulfilling the commandment of Christ to “Go into all the world and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit…”
Parishes - All Saints of North America Monastery - Orthodox …
The Canadian Orthodox Monastery of All Saints of North America was able, by God’s blessing, to take possession of the new property in November 1991. Vladika Lazar named the property itself “New Ostrog” after the famous Serbian Orthodox Monastery in Montenegro. The candle factory was dedicated to the protection of St Vasili of Ostrog.
Monastery of the Transfiguration - Orthodox Church in America
The Orthodox Monastery of the Transfiguration is a monastery for women under the jurisdiction of the Orthodox Church in America. It was founded in 1967 by Mother Alexandra (the former Princess Ileana of Romania) whose dream it was to provide a place where American Orthodox women from all ethnic backgrounds could come to live the monastic life ...
St. Tikhon of Zadonsk Monastery - Orthodox Church in America
The Monastery of St Tikhon of Zadonsk, founded in 1905, is the first and oldest Orthodox monastery in this land and in the western world. Each year at the Memorial Day Pilgrimage, all are invited and welcome to come and share in the joy of the divine services, just as the thousands did at the first such Pilgrimage.
Parishes - Dormition of the Mother of God Monastery - Orthodox …
Please call the Monastery to make arrangements. Parish Background. The story of the monastery began in 1978 when Mother Benedicta and Mother Gabriella left the monastery of Varatec in the northern part of Romania and came to the United States to join the community of nuns at the Holy Transfiguration Monastery in Ellwood City, PA.
Holy Assumption Monastery - Orthodox Church in America
Holy Assumption Monastery was founded in 1941 by a small group of nuns who fled from Russia and China in search of freedom to practice their faith. Originally settling in San Francisco, they soon discovered the quiet town of Calistoga 80 miles north of the city and, with the blessing of the local church hierarchy, purchased an old two-story ...
Parishes - St. Barbara Monastery - Orthodox Church in America
St Barbara Monastery was founded in 1992 with the blessing of His Grace, Tikhon, Bishop of San Francisco and the West. First located in downtown Santa Barbara and then in Goleta, the Monastery relocated to its present Santa Paula location in late 2005.
Holy Resurrection Monastery - Orthodox Church in America
Thursday is a silent day, and the monastery is closed. 6:30 AM Matins, First hour, Akathist. Saturday morning. Parish Background. Holy Resurrection Monastery is a female Orthodox monastic community under the omophorion of His Eminence the Most Reverend DANIEL, Archbishop of Chicago and the Midwest of the Orthodox Church in America.
SS. Mary & Martha Monastery - Orthodox Church in America
SS Mary and Martha Monastery was founded in 1989 under the auspicies of His Eminence, Archbishop Dmitri, Bishop of Dallas and the South, Orthodox Church in America (OCA). We have been in Wagener, South Carolina since June 1996, and are located on a sixty acre parcel of land, which is about 30 miles southwest of Columbia.
Monastery of St. John of Shanghai and San Francisco
The Monastery of St John of San Francisco was founded in 1996 in Point Reyes Station, Marin County, California, in the Diocese of the West of the Orthodox Church in America, under Bishop Tikhon of San Francisco.