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Holy Cross Orthodox Monastery (Castro Valley, CA)

Religious Institutions
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    Father Stephen Father Abbot (Igumen) at Holy Cross Orthodox Monastery (Castro Valley, CA)
    • Castro Valley, California, United States
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    Peter Didun Priest monk at Holy Cross Orthodox Monastery (Castro Valley, CA)
    • Castro Valley, California, United States
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Overview

We serve Orthodox Christians of all ethnic and cultural traditions. The Monastery has many friends and supporters who are Roman Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, and from other backgrounds. A variety of groups have held seminars and conferences here. Everyone is welcome in this haven of God’s grace and embrace. Our Monastery exists as a haven of spiritual tranquility, tolerance and kindness, not only for the local owls, wild turkeys, deer, foxes, and raccoon, but for all who come to partake of the Monastery's peace and befriend the Fathers. The beauty and harmony of the Monastery and its environs speak for themselves—and speak to the soul and heart of anyone who loves God, humankind, and nature. The clergy of our monastery serve in the Orthodox Church in America (OCA) under the omophorion of the bishop of the Bulgarian Diocese of Toledo, Ohio. Services are celebrated in the languages best understood by those worshipping with the Fathers, who can conduct services in Romanian, Church Slavonic, Bulgarian, Greek, Serbian or English.

  • California

    California, Centennial Drive, Oakland, Alameda County, California, 94720, United States

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    California, Centennial Drive, Oakland, Alameda County, California, 94720, United States

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