The Monastery of St. John of San Francisco

	• Welcome • Thanks for visiting us.
	• About the Monastery • Learn about our history, our present, and our hopes for the future.
	• St. John the Wonderworker • Information about our patron Saint, John of Shanghai and San Francisco, modern Church Father.
	• Divine Ascent • A Journal of Orthodox Faith.
	• What is Monasticism? • Find out about the history and point of monastic life. Maybe you are called to be a monk or nun?
	• Our Online Store • Candles, icons, books, subscriptions, and more!
	• News & Events • Find out about lectures, retreats, and other events that we'll be hosting and/or attending.
	• How You Can Help • Learn how you can help the brotherhood, and what our current needs are.
	• Contact Us • The easiest way to get in touch with us.
	• Visit Us! • The Monastery Guesthouse is available for individual and group pilgrimages.

Our New Monastery Property in Manton, California

The Holy Monastery of Saint John of San Francisco, now located in Manton, California, is under the omophorion of His Grace the Right Reverend BENJAMIN , Bishop of the Diocese of San Francisco and the West of the Orthodox Church in America. The Brotherhood strives to live a traditional monastic life informed by the practice of Valaam Monastery and the Holy Mountain.

NEWSFLASHES January, 2008

The Eyes of All Look to Thee With Hope
Monastery Choir of St. John of San Francisco

$15.00

The brotherhood choir has just finished recording a CD of our monastery music. Individual CDs are $15 plus shipping and handling 15%. California residents add 7.25% tax.

Monastery News
DIVINE ASCENT Journal Issue #11 is now available! Individual Issues are $15.00 Now a paperless pdf issue is available for $7.00 plus shipping and tax for CA residents. For subscriptions and information, please call or email us.
NEW:
Episcopacy, Primacy and the Mother Churches: A Monastic Perspective
A paper delivered by Abbot Jonah at the Conference of the Fellowship of Ss. Alban and Sergius; St Vladimir’s Seminary, June 4-8, 2008

Perspectives on Orthodoxy in America, a collection of editorials written by by our abbot, Fr. Jonah (Paffhausen).

Emily Newbury, who has been an immense help to us in setting up our Guesthouse, is now offering all kinds of sewing services from the St. Eugene's Hermitage in Pt. Reyes, where she has her shop. For more info, click HERE.

Please read our current newsletter by clicking here.
Please read our Guest & Visitor Information by clicking here.
For a schedule of our weekly services, please click here.
To read essays from our abbot and the rule of our monastery, please click here.
For FREE sheet music downloads from our monastery (pdfs) click here.

Our Work

The work of our Monastery currently consists of:

Candle making

Retreats and Seminars

Publishing

Monastery bookstore

Arranging and composing Liturgical Music

Hand-crafted Wood Caskets

Missionary outreach

After a long search for property, of which most of you are well aware, the Monastery of St. John has found a wonderful place: a large retreat center in Manton, California, near Redding, which is an almost perfect fit to our needs. Click here for more information.

Our current situation and our vision for the future
How you can help us