Holy Cross Monastery needs your help!
"What shall I give to the Lord for all that He has given me?"
~ Psalm 116:12 (Psalm 115:3 in the Septuagint)
~ Psalm 116:12 (Psalm 115:3 in the Septuagint)
Holy Cross Monastery has always striven to be self-supporting in order not to pose a burden on others and, thanks to the hard work and outside employment of its monastic founders, it succeeded for the first 43 years of its existence.
Our monastery's situation has changed, however, since the death of our founding abbot (Archimandrite Theodor of blessed memory) in June of 2014 and the termination of the outside employment of the monastery's co-founder (his successor Father Abbot Stephen) in 2013.
The size of our monastery's expenses have both grown over the years, but now the only regular income that our monastery can depend on is Father Stephen's personal social security check and the alms-giving of our faithful and devoted friends who out of love for the monastery donate to help support it.
Therefore please consider helping our monastic brotherhood continue to glorify God by joining our devoted friends by becoming a regular supporter of Holy Cross Monastery!
May the Lord bless you and yours a hundredfold for your kind generosity in helping us continue His holy work here!
Our monastery's situation has changed, however, since the death of our founding abbot (Archimandrite Theodor of blessed memory) in June of 2014 and the termination of the outside employment of the monastery's co-founder (his successor Father Abbot Stephen) in 2013.
The size of our monastery's expenses have both grown over the years, but now the only regular income that our monastery can depend on is Father Stephen's personal social security check and the alms-giving of our faithful and devoted friends who out of love for the monastery donate to help support it.
Therefore please consider helping our monastic brotherhood continue to glorify God by joining our devoted friends by becoming a regular supporter of Holy Cross Monastery!
May the Lord bless you and yours a hundredfold for your kind generosity in helping us continue His holy work here!
For your convenience, you can donate in the following ways:
Donate Online
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By Mail
If you would like to help financially, you can make tax-deductible donations
by sending a check made payable to Holy Cross Monastery to the following address:
Holy Cross Monastery
34700 Palomares Road
Castro Valley, CA 94552-9624
by sending a check made payable to Holy Cross Monastery to the following address:
Holy Cross Monastery
34700 Palomares Road
Castro Valley, CA 94552-9624
Would you be willing to help Holy Cross Orthodox Monastery at no cost to you?
If you shop at Amazon.com please go to their Amazon Smile page, to register and choose "Holy Cross Orthodox Monastery" in Castro Valley, CA as your favorite charity.
After you do so, Amazon Smile Foundation will donate 0.5% of whatever you purchase from Amazon to our monastery.
Everything will look the same as when you shop on their regular page. However, you must log in to shop via the Amazon Smile page, if you want them to donate 0.5% of whatever you purchase from Amazon to our monastery.
If you shop at Amazon.com please go to their Amazon Smile page, to register and choose "Holy Cross Orthodox Monastery" in Castro Valley, CA as your favorite charity.
After you do so, Amazon Smile Foundation will donate 0.5% of whatever you purchase from Amazon to our monastery.
Everything will look the same as when you shop on their regular page. However, you must log in to shop via the Amazon Smile page, if you want them to donate 0.5% of whatever you purchase from Amazon to our monastery.
Many of our friends and supporters work for corporations that offer their employees MATCHING GRANT programs.
Holy Cross Orthodox Monastery is now registered with Benevity, Inc. and is cleared to receive such MATCHING GRANTS.
Some of our friends who are employees of Genentech, Google, and Apple have already succeeded in having their employers give matching grants to our monastery.
Many other corporate employers offer similar programs, including Actelion Pharmaceuticals, Aruba Networks, Nike, Alaska Airlines, Roche Pharmaceuticals, New York Life, to name just a few.
Two of our friends have even succeeded in having matching grants issued retroactively; i.e. by providing their company's matching grants program with copies of checks verifying donations made previously this year.
Please check with your employers' benefits department to see if they offer a MATCHING GRANT program and if so, you will find it easy to DOUBLE YOUR DONATION at no extra cost to you!
Please spread the word!
Holy Cross Orthodox Monastery is now registered with Benevity, Inc. and is cleared to receive such MATCHING GRANTS.
Some of our friends who are employees of Genentech, Google, and Apple have already succeeded in having their employers give matching grants to our monastery.
Many other corporate employers offer similar programs, including Actelion Pharmaceuticals, Aruba Networks, Nike, Alaska Airlines, Roche Pharmaceuticals, New York Life, to name just a few.
Two of our friends have even succeeded in having matching grants issued retroactively; i.e. by providing their company's matching grants program with copies of checks verifying donations made previously this year.
Please check with your employers' benefits department to see if they offer a MATCHING GRANT program and if so, you will find it easy to DOUBLE YOUR DONATION at no extra cost to you!
Please spread the word!