St. Barbara Monastery (Santa Paula, California)

St. Barbara Monastery is a monastic community for women in the 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 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.

Daily Life

St. Barbara Monastery
Jurisdiction	West, OCA
Type	Female Monastery
Founded	1992
Superior	Abbess Victoria
Approx. size	6 nuns
Location	Santa Barbara, California
Liturgical language(s)	English
Music used	Russian Chant
Calendar	Revised Julian
Feastdays celebrated	4 Dec
Official website	none

• Daily: 7:30am - Matins

12:15pm - Sixth Hour (except when there is a Divine Liturgy)

6:00pm - Vespers

8:00pm - Compline

• Saturday: 6:00pm - Vigil
• Sunday: 8:40am Hours

9:00am Divine Liturgy

• Second Monday of the month: 7:00pm - Vespers, then gathering of the Friends of St. Barbara Monastery.

Lenten Schedule

• Daily: 7:30am - Matins

12:15pm - Sixth Hour

• Mon, Tue, Thu: 4:00pm - Vespers

6:00pm - Compline

• Wed, Fri: 4:00pm - Presanctified Liturgy

7:00pm - Compline

• Sat: 6:00pm - Vigil
• Sun: 8:40am - Hours

9:00am Divine Liturgy of St Basil the Great

External links

• OCA Listing of Monastery
• Orthodox Monasteries of North America directory listing