St. Barbara Monastery – 15799 Ojai Road – Santa Paula, CA 93060 – (805) 921-1563 -- St Barbara Orthodox Monastery

St. Barbara Orthodox Monastery is a women's monastic community of the Diocese of the West of the Orthodox Church in America. The Monastery was founded in 1992 and has been located in Santa Paula, California, since late 2005. The Sisters maintain a regular cycle of daily liturgical services and partly earn their living by giving retreats, writing, teaching, production of iconography, notecards and greeting cards, and the operation of a small bookstore and online gift shop.

(Our community before Oct. 22, 2009.)

***March 2, 2010 Join us for all or part of the day on Saturday, March 20, for our Lenten Work Party. Among lots of other tasks, there are weeds to pull, trees to trim, firewood to stack, brass to polish and newsletters to fold-- something for everyone! The Work Party begins at 9am and ends by 5:30pm when Vespers will commence. Please let us know ahead of time if you plan to come. We look forward to seeing you!

***Feb. 24, 2010 Access our latest newsletter.

***Feb. 24, 2010 See you this Sunday at 4pm for our Friends Gathering. Bring a friend and come hear Fr. Lawrence Russell's presentation entitled "Thine own of Thine Own We Offer Unto Thee." 4pm presentation, 5pm Vespers, 6pm potluck.

***Jan. 25, 2010 Click here for our latest newsletter that includes an update on our sisters in Calistoga.

***Jan. 25, 2010 Join us for our January Friends Gathering on Sunday, Jan. 31. Fr Paul Waisanen will present a talk entitled "Orthodox Christian Apologetics, Part I." 4pm presentation, 5pm Vespers, 6pm potluck. (Note: This Friends Gathering is subject to temperate weather; should it rain this day, we will have to cancel the gathering.)

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