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The community consists of women living the monastic tradition of a Christ-centered prayer life for the monastic members. To support the community the nuns produce icon magnets, notecards, greeting cards, as well as through writing, teaching and operating a small bookstore. | The community consists of women living the monastic tradition of a Christ-centered prayer life for the monastic members. To support the community the nuns produce icon magnets, notecards, greeting cards, as well as through writing, teaching and operating a small bookstore. | ||
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| + | Mother Melania, recently tonsured little schema (Gr. stavrophor) nun, previously known as Sister Elayne, authors various poems and books, published by Conciliar Press, and presents podcasts and lectures, some of which appear on [[Ancient Faith Radio]] including the series, "The Twelve Great Feasts for Children" (ISBN-10: 1888212411), "The 3-Day Pascha Series" and "The Passions: How we get into this mess and how we get out". | ||
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*[http://www.ocadow.org/dow_events/st_barbara.htm Photos] of 2005 feastday celebrations. | *[http://www.ocadow.org/dow_events/st_barbara.htm Photos] of 2005 feastday celebrations. | ||
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Revision as of 01:44, March 17, 2008
St. Barbara Monastery is a monastic community for women in the Diocese of the West in the Orthodox Church in America. It is located in Santa Barbara, California. The community was founded in 1992 under the auspices of His Grace Bishop Tikhon of San Francisco and the West (now Bishop of San Francisco, Los Angeles and the West) in downtown Santa Barbara, and then moved 10 miles north in 1999.
The community consists of women living the monastic tradition of a Christ-centered prayer life for the monastic members. To support the community the nuns produce icon magnets, notecards, greeting cards, as well as through writing, teaching and operating a small bookstore.
Ancient Faith Radio
Mother Melania, recently tonsured little schema (Gr. stavrophor) nun, previously known as Sister Elayne, authors various poems and books, published by Conciliar Press, and presents podcasts and lectures, some of which appear on Ancient Faith Radio including the series, "The Twelve Great Feasts for Children" (ISBN-10: 1888212411), "The 3-Day Pascha Series" and "The Passions: How we get into this mess and how we get out".
Daily Life
| St. Barbara Monastery | |
| Jurisdiction | West, OCA |
| Type | Female Monastery |
| Founded | 1993 |
| Superior | Abbess Victoria |
| Approx. size | 7 nuns |
| Location | Santa Barbara, California |
| Liturgical language(s) | English |
| Music used | Russian Chant |
| Calendar | Revised Julian |
| Feastdays celebrated | 4 Dec |
| Official website | none |
- Daily: 7:30am - Matins
- 12:15pm - Sixth Hour (except when there is a Divine Liturgy)
- 6:00pm - Vespers
- 8:00pm - Compline
- Saturday: 6:00pm - Vigil
- Sunday: 8:40am Hours
- 9:00am Divine Liturgy
- Second Monday of the month: 7:00pm - Vespers, then gathering of the Friends of St. Barbara Monastery.
Lenten Schedule
- Daily: 7:30am - Matins
- 12:15pm - Sixth Hour
- Mon, Tue, Thu: 4:00pm - Vespers
- 6:00pm - Compline
- Wed, Fri: 4:00pm - Presanctified Liturgy
- 7:00pm - Compline
- Sat: 6:00pm - Vigil
- Sun: 8:40am - Hours
- 9:00am Divine Liturgy of St Basil the Great
External links
- OCA Listing of Monastery
- Orthodox Monasteries of North America directory listing
- Photos of 2005 feastday celebrations.
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