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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 The monastery 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 , in 1999, 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 [[nun]]s produce icon magnets, notecards, greeting cards, as well as through writing, teaching , and operating a small bookstore.

Mother Melania (previously Sister Elayne), who was recently tonsured a little schema (Gr. stavrophor) nun, is one of the more active members of there community, participating . She has participated as a guest speaker at various retreats, authoring authored poetry and books and acted as guest presenter of podcasts and lectures for [[Ancient Faith Radio]]. Her books are published by [[Conciliar Press]] and include: "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".

*[[January 26]], 2008 - "Monastic Spirituality in Everyday Life", St. Matthew Antiochian Orthodox Church.*[[August 8]], 2007 - Project Mexico "Orthodox Basic Training Week"*April, 2005 - The 29th Annual Southern californian Californian Diocesan Antiochian Women's Spring Retreat.