Glory to Jesus Christ! Glory to Him forever! ~Great and Holy Lent~ Photo of the Day The Monastery is about an inch to the right, from the white complex in the middle of the photograph. Our property starts just an eighth of an inch from the white buildings (an organic
Sunday, March 29 / March 16 (Church Calendar) ~Great and Holy Lent~ Saint John of the Ladder Photo of the Day Monk Spyridon, the oldest member of our community. Saints of the Day March 16 / 29. Martyr Sabinas of Egypt. Martyr Papas of Lyconia. Martyr Julian of Anazarbus. Martyrs
Saturday, March 28 / March 15 (Church Calendar) ~Great and Holy Lent~ Photo of the Day Abbot Tryphon celebrating the Sunday Divine Liturgy. Saints of the Day March 15 / 28. Martyrs Agapius, Publius (Pauplios), Timolaus, Romulus, two named Dionysius, and two named Alexander, at Caesarea in Palestine. Martyr Nicander
Glory to Jesus Christ! Glory to Him forever! ~Great and Holy Lent~ Photo of the Day The interior of our monastery’s temple. Saints of the Day March 14 / 27. St. Benedict of Nursia, abbot. St. Euschemon, Bishop of Lampsacus. St. Theognostus, Metropolitan of Kiev and Moscow. St. Rostislav-Michael, prince
Thursday, March 26 / March 13 (Church Calendar) ~Great and Holy Lent~ Photo of the Day The monastery’s icon of Saint Seraphim of Sarav. Saints of the Day March 13 / 26. Translation of the Relics of St. Nicephorus, Patriarch of Constantinople. Martyr Alexander of Macedonia. Martyr Sabinus (Abibus) of
Wednesday, March 25 / March 12 (Church Calendar) ~Great and Holy Lent~ Photo of the Day Painted by Matushka Ann Margitich of Santa Rosa, California, these two new icons now grace the iconostasis of our temple. Saints of the Day March 12 / 25. St. Theophanes the Confessor of Sigriane.
Tuesday, March 24 / March 11 (Church Calendar) ~Great and Holy Lent~ Photo of the Day Painted by Matushka Ann Margitich of Santa Rosa, California, this is the icon of the Holy Virgin, which now graces the iconostasis of our temple. Saints of the Day March 11 / 24. St.
Monday, March 23 / March 10 (Church Calendar) ~Great and Holy Lent~ Photo of the Day Painted by Matushka Ann Margitich of Santa Rosa, California, this is the icon of Christ, which now graces the iconostasis of our temple. Saints of the Day March 10 / 23. Martyrs Codratus (Quadratus)
Sunday, March 22 / March 9 (Church Calendar) ~Great and Holy Lent~ Veneration of the Holy Cross Photo of the Day: Our newly acquired icons have now been installed in the iconostasis of our monastery’s temple. They were painted by Matushka Ann Margitich, wife of Archpriest Lawrence, rector of Saint
Saturday, March 21 / March 8 (Church Calendar) ~Great and Holy Lent~ Photo of the Day The grave of the Ever Memorable Archimandrite Dimitry of Santa Rosa, my late spiritual father. I always visit his grave in Healdsburg, California, located just north of Santa Rosa, when traveling up Highway 101,