Holy Assumption Monastery

05/31/2026

"Let Thy Good Spirit lead me in the land of uprightness." 🌿🏵🌿

05/31/2026

Schedule* for the current month:
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To follow along with the daily Scripture readings, please click this link: https://www.oca.org/readings

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*CHANGES: Schedule changes occur from time to time. We will do our best to keep the schedule updated real-time. Please forgive us for any inconvenience. For questions, please contact us by leaving a comment or call 707-942-6244 or -4658.

CREDIT: Icon courtesy of OCA.org:
https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2026/05/31/45-holy-pentecost

In the Church’s annual liturgical cycle, Pentecost is “the last and great day.” It is the celebration by the Church of the coming of the Holy Spirit as the end—the achievement and fulfillment—of the entire history of salvation. For the same reason, however, it is also…

05/28/2026

Schedule* for the current month:
https://holyassumptionmonastery.com/calendar/month_print.php

To follow along with the daily Scripture readings, please click this link: https://www.oca.org/readings

If you like the services, please LIKE, FOLLOW, and SHARE! Thank you!

*CHANGES: Schedule changes occur from time to time. We will do our best to keep the schedule updated real-time. Please forgive us for any inconvenience. For questions, please contact us by leaving a comment or call 707-942-6244 or -4658.

CREDIT: Icon courtesy of OCA.org:
https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2026/05/21/42-the-ascension-of-our-lord

“AND ASCENDED INTO HEAVEN....” V. Rev. George Florovsky, D.D. “I ascend unto My Father and your Father, and to My God, and Your God” (John 20:17). In these words the Risen Christ described to Mary Magdalene the mystery of His Resurrection. She had to carry this mysterious…

05/28/2026

Please come! The registration due date was extended to June 7th!

05/27/2026

"O God, my God, I rise early at dawn unto Thee; my soul thirsteth after Thee."

In the winter, Matins begins in the dark; but now that it is nearly June, pre-dawn light and birdsong fills the air as the sisters begin each morning's service.

05/21/2026

Christ has ascended! St. Leo the Great reminds us that Christ's ascension is for the strengthening of our faith: that what the apostles struggled to grasp when Christ was with them bodily, they understood more fully at His ascension; that Christ never departed from the Father when He dwelt among us in the body, and He has not departed from us now that we no longer see Him with our bodily eyes. Now, the eyes of our soul grow stronger.

Let us rejoice and desire the peace that the Lord so rejoices to bestow join us, His children.

05/16/2026

Two of our sisters will be spending the weekend in Oakland for . We appreciate this chance for mutual support and fellowship. Stop by and say hello!

05/06/2026

Schedule* for the current month:
https://holyassumptionmonastery.com/calendar/month_print.php

To follow along with the daily Scripture readings, please click this link: https://www.oca.org/readings

If you like the services, please LIKE, FOLLOW, and SHARE! Thank you!

*CHANGES: Schedule changes occur from time to time. We will do our best to keep the schedule updated real-time. Please forgive us for any inconvenience. For questions, please contact us by leaving a comment or call 707-942-6244 or -4658.

CREDIT: Icon courtesy of OCA.org:
https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2026/04/12/27-holy-pascha-the-resurrection-of-our-lord

Pascha (Easter) Enjoy ye all the feast of faith; receive ye all the riches of loving-kindness.(Sermon of Saint John Chrysostom, read at Paschal Matins) The resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead is the center of the Christian faith. Saint Paul says that if Christ is not raised from the dead,…