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[http://www.holycrossmonastery.org Holy Cross Monastery] thrives by the grace of God and through the hard work and professional employment of its [http://orthodoxwiki.org/Monks monks.] Although friends and supporters have given and continue to give donations to help further the Fathers' holy work, the [http://orthodoxwiki.org/Monasticism monastery] is self-supporting. The [http://orthodoxwiki.org/Monks monks] have never sent out appeals for donations and have never even passed a collection plate in their [http://orthodoxwiki.org/Monasticism monastery] chapel. Whatever friends, supporters, and visitors have ever given of their own free will has been gratefully and humbly accepted and used for the greater glory of God by the [http://orthodoxwiki.org/Monks monks.]

''Facing East toward the Cross Shrine of Holy Cross Monastery, with redwood trees planted by the Fathers in the background. Mosaics of Christ and the Virgin Mary flank the Cross in center. Redwood trees planted in 1980; Photo taken in January 2005.''

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