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"This is the House of God and the Gate of Heaven."  ~ Genesis 28:17 ~

​LINK TO our most recent 
MONASTERY NEWSLETTER
Distributed on April 30, 2022

which explains what happened on Pascha and why so many of our people were unable to attend our services

Please note that there is no southern access to our monastery for one day only on Sunday, May 1

Highway 84 (Niles Canyon Road) will be closed between Fremont and Sunol from 4:00 AM until 4:00 PM that day
 
Throughout the Year:
HOLY CROSS monastery IS OPEN on weekends

(Gates are open at our 34700 Palomares Rd main entry) 
1. Saturdays - 10:00 AM until 7:00 PM
(Great Vespers is served ON SATURDAYS at 6:00 PM) 
2. Sundays - 9:00 AM until 5:00 PM

(Divine Liturgy is SERVED ON SunDAYS AT 10:00 AM) 

DURING THE REST OF THE WEEK, OUR MONASTERY IS NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
AND WE ARE NOT RECEIVING VISITORS


SPECIAL LITURGIES FOR UPCOMING HOLY DAYS:
​1. THIS COMING SATURDAY (CHRISTMAS), DECEMBER 25, 2021 at 10 AM:
DIVINE LITURGY FOR THE NATIVITY OF CHRIST 
2. THE FOLLOWING SATURDAY (NEW YEAR'S DAY), JANUARY 1, 2022 AT 10 AM: 
DIVINE LITURGY FOR ST. BASIL THE GREAT AND THE CIRCUMCISION OF CHRIST
3. ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 2022 AT 10 AM: 
DIVINE LITURGY FOR THEOPHANY - THE BAPTISM OF CHRIST


COVID Guidelines:
unvaccinated PEOPLE Need to Wear Masks Indoors except when
 participating in religious rituals like receiving the Eucharist or when actively eating or drinking at our Agape potluck luncheons that usually follow our Divine Liturgy

​click here to view Videos
OF OUR RECENT Liturgical SERVICES AND SERMONS


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WHO WE ARE

We are a monastery affiliated with the Orthodox Church in America (OCA), tending a spiritual garden on the frontiers of paradise for the glory of God. Our monastery serves Orthodox Christians and others of all ethnic backgrounds and cultural traditions.

Services are mostly celebrated in English, but often Romanian, Church Slavonic, Bulgarian, Serbian, Greek and other languages may also be used.

Many Orthodox Christians with roots in Europe or elsewhere attend services at the monastery, but all visitors and pilgrims are welcome. 

We do not currently accept overnight visitors, unless they are young men aspiring to become novices in order to to discern their possible monastic vocation.
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Before Your Cross we bow down in worship, O Master, and Your holy Resurrection we glorify!

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