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St. Barbara Orthodox Monastery is a women's monastic community of the Diocese of the West of the Orthodox Church in America, under the omophorion of His Eminence, Archbishop BENJAMIN. 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 growing lavender and producing lavender products, giving retreats, producing icon greeting cards, and operating a small bookstore and online gift shop where local honey is sold.
We strive daily to live out the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ in community, seeking to love God and neighbor through prayer, hospitality and labor.
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You are cordially invited to celebrate
The Feast
of the
Great Martyr Barbara
His Eminence,
His Eminence,
Archbishop BENJAMIN,
presiding
Sunday, Dec. 4th
Sunday, Dec. 4th
4 pm Vigil
(Vespers, Matins, 1st Hour)
followed by potluck supper
Monday, Dec. 5th
Monday, Dec. 5th
9:30 am 3rd & 6th Hours
10 am Hierarchal Divine Liturgy
followed by festal luncheon
View the festal invitation here.
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***November 25th, 2023: Vespers today (Saturday) is at 3:30pm. Matins and 1st Hour will follow at 6 pm.
***November 21st: Blessed Feast! Feast of the Entrance of the Most Holy Theotokos into the Temple: Divine Liturgy @ 9:30 am, preceded by Hours at 9 am.
***October 28th, 2023 We regret to announce that this Sunday's previously scheduled October Friends' Gathering will be CANCELLED due to predicted dangerous fire weather conditions, high wind advisory and SC Edison warning of possible power outages. Please help us spread the word.
***October 25th, 2023
Read the October Newsletter here.
OCT 28th UPDATE:
FRIENDS' GATHERING CANCELLED DUE TO FIRE WEATHER WARNING AND POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES.
PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD
Our next Friends Gathering will be this Sunday, Oct. 29th, at 4pm featuring Fr. Symeon Halsell speaking on the topic of The Gift of Our Bodies: Man and Woman in Christ. Feel free to bring a friend and some food to share for the potluck.
4 pm presentation, 5 pm Vespers, 6 pm potluck.
