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'''St. Barbara Monastery''' is a [[monastic]] community for women in the [[Diocese of the West (OCA)|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 (Fitzgerald) of San Francisco and Los Angeles|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.
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==Daily Life==
*Daily: 7:30am - Matins::12:15pm - Sixth Hour '''St. Barbara Monastery''' is a [[monastic]] community for women in the [[Diocese of the West (except when there OCA)|Diocese of the West]] in the [[Orthodox Church in America]]. The monastery is a Divine Liturgylocated in Santa Paula, California. The community was founded in 1992 under the auspices of His Grace Bishop [[Tikhon (Fitzgerald)of San Francisco and Los Angeles|Tikhon]] of San Francisco and the West in downtown Santa Barbara, and in 1999, moved 10 miles north. The monastery relocated to its present Santa Paula location in late 2005. It is dedicated to Saint [[Barbara of Heliopolis|Barbara]].::6:00pm - Vespers::8:00pm The community consists of women living the monastic tradition of a Christ- Complinecentered prayer life. To support the community the [[nun]]s produce icon magnets, notecards, greeting cards, as well as through writing, teaching, and operating a small bookstore and online gift shop.*Saturday: 6:00pm - Vigil*Sunday: 8:40am HoursCurrently, the community is developing plans to build a larger chapel and additional living quarters.:::9:00am Divine Liturgy*Second Monday Mother Melania (previously Sister Elayne) is one of the month: 7:00pm - Vespers, then gathering more active members of the Friends community. She has participated as a guest speaker at various retreats, authored poetry and books and acted as guest presenter of Stpodcasts and lectures for [[Ancient Faith Radio]]. Barbara Monastery.===Lenten Schedule===*DailyHer books published by [[Conciliar Press]] include: 7"The Twelve Great Feasts for Children" (ISBN-10:30am 1888212411), "The 3- MatinsDay Pascha Series" and "The Passions: How we get into this mess and how we get out". Some of her more prominent presentations include::12:15pm - Sixth Hour*Mon[[January 26]], Tue2008 - "Monastic Spirituality in Everyday Life", Thu: 4:00pm - VespersSt. Matthew Antiochian Orthodox Church.::::6:00pm *[[August 8]], 2007 - ComplineProject Mexico "Orthodox Basic Training Week"*WedApril, Fri: 4:00pm 2005 - Presanctified LiturgyThe 29th Annual Southern Californian Diocesan Antiochian Women's Spring Retreat.:::7:00pm - Compline*Sat: 6:00pm <!- Vigil*Sun: 8:40am - Hours::9:00am Divine Liturgy of St Basil the Great==Daily Life==
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{{monastery|
name=St. Barbara Monastery|
jurisdiction=[[Diocese of the West (OCA)|West]], [[Orthodox Church in America|OCA]]|
type=Female Monastery|
founded=19921993|
superior=[[Abbess]] [[Victoria (Shnurer)|Victoria]]|
size=6 14 [[nun]]s|hq=Santa BarbaraPaula, California|
language=English|
music=[[Russian Chant]]|
calendar=[[Revised Julian Calendar|Revised Julian]]|
feasts=[[December 4|4 Dec]]|
website=''none''[http://www.stbarbaramonastery.org www.stbarbaramonastery.org]
}}
==External links==
*[http://www.stbarbaramonastery.org/ St. Barbara Monastery] Web site
*[http://www.oca.org/DIRlisting.asp?SID=9&KEY=OCA-WE-STBSBM OCA Listing of Monastery]
*[http://omna.malf.net/barbara.htm Orthodox Monasteries of North America directory listing]
*[http://www.ocadow.org/dow_events/st_barbara.htm Photos] of 2005 feastday celebrations.
[[Category:American Monasteries|Barbara]][[Category:Monasteries|Barbara]][[Category:OCA Monasteries|Barbara]]
