Monastery of St. John of San Francisco

For Men

Visitation Information

Daytime visitors may drop by anytime Tuesday through Sunday. Those desiring overnight accommodations should call or write in advance as much as possible to confirm availability. The guesthouse is on the monastery grounds and is offered as a reasonable option to staying in a local hotel for those who have traveled some distance for a short retreat. Meals are included. Rooms are shared, as are bathroom facilities. Sheets, towels and two meals at the brotherhood table are provided. In addition, there are lunch items and snacks in the guesthouse itself. More detailed information is available at the monastery website.

About the Monastery

St John of San Francisco Monastery was founded in 1996 at the St. Eugene's Hermitage, which was originally built in the 1950s, located 35 miles north of San Francisco on 17 acres of forested hillside, near the Point Reyes National Seashore. In the summer of 2006, the monastery moved to 42 acres of scenic Ponderosa forest in the town of Manton, California, in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains, close to Mt. Lassen National Park. Manton is less than an hour’s drive from both Red Bluff and Redding. The monastics serve several Orthodox communities in Chico, Santa Barbara, and Sonora, as well as San Franciso and Our Lady of Kazan Women's Skete. They support themselves by candlemaking, publishing and missionary work. There are nine monastics and novices in residence.

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