News & Events (updated January 17, 2010)

• New photo albums are in our photo gallery from Winter 2009/2010 and Spring 2010. Click here to take a look.
• We are able to import fine handmade Russian-style vestments from Russa (brocade or silk) at very reasonable prices. For further information, please contact the monastery by emailing
• Join our abbot, Fr. Meletios, on Ancient Faith Radio for his new podcast, Jottings from a Holy Mountain. Click here to access the podcast.
• New pictures from the installation of the abbot and the tonsure of the novices.
• New pictures are in the picture gallery from Procession of Cross, Blessing water and new building construction
• Greek Orthodox Monastery of St. Nektarios donates items to our monastery.
• A new and updated calendar of upcoming retreats has been posted. Click here to view the schedule.
• Every month of the year, (with the exception of August), Fr. Meletios will be giving a retreat here at the monastery. Each retreat takes place the last weekend of the month. June's retreat is on the" 12 Steps of Transformation." In July the topic is"Transmitting Orthodoxy to Young People." See our Retreat Schedule for a basic outline of the weekend.
• This Summer (2010) we will be having the summer novice program again. If you are 17 or older and thinking about the monastic life and have a month to spend, think about spending it with us! Contact the office (@monasteryofstjohn.org) for more information.
• MORE New Pictures are up. See the consecration of our new temple dedicated to Saints Eugene and Sergius.
• The most recent NEWSLETTER is here.
• Our new superior, Fr. Mel has written an essay about the monastic life of our monastery.

• A calendar with our schedule of services, major feasts, fastings according to the Julian Calendar is now online.
• The bookstore is now up and running. Keep a lookout for new items as we upload our inventory to the online store. The long-awaited book on St. Luke of Simferopol, The Blessed Surgeon, has now arrived from the printers. To read our brochure with a link to purchase, click on this link. Or to bypass the brochure and order the book visit our Store.