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Mother Christophora: 2024 St. Tikhon's Seminary Commencement Address

Mother Christophora: 2024 St. Tikhon's Seminary Commencement Address

Mother Christophora, Abbess of the Orthodox Monastery of the Transfiguration (OCA) in Ellwood City, PA, addresses the 2024 graduates of St. Tikhon's Orthodox Theological Seminary. 

Faith Encouraged Live - Monasticism in America 

Fr. Barnabas welcomes researcher Alexei Krindatch as well as Abbess Mother Christophora to talk about monasticism. What is important about our monasteries and what do you need to know before you visit?

AFR Specials - Theosis: A Woman's Perspective 

The Orthodox Institute 2014 - Mother Christophora, Abbess of the Orthodox Monastery of the Transfiguration in Ellwood City, Pennsylvania.

Life at the Monastery - on Ancient Faith Radio

Ancient Faith Radio correspondent Chrysanthe Loizos takes us "behind the scenes" at the Orthodox Monastery of the Transfiguration in Ellwood City, PA. With the blessing of the Abbess, Mother Christophora, Chrysanthe gives us a glimpse into the daily life of the nuns as well as their purpose and goals.

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AFR Specials - Monastery of the Transfiguration

Mother Christophora is abbess at the Orthodox Monastery of the Transfiguration in Ellwood City, PA. These lectures were given at the monastery or various conferences around the country. Also included are sermons and talks given by guests at the monastery.

AFR Specials - Women's Retreat - Living Prayer

Mother Magdalena from the Monastery of the Transfiguration in Ellwood City, PA was the speaker at a Fall retreat at St. Ignatius Antiochian Orthodox Church in Franklin, TN. She spoke on prayer and life in the monastery.

AFR Specials - Spiritual Healing: Working through the Bumps and Bruises of Human Failings and Hurts 

On July 12 and 13, 2016, Mother Christophora of the Monastery of the Transfiguration in Ellwood City, Pennsylvania, spoke at Holy Resurrection Orthodox Church in Clinton, Mississippi, on the Church's spiritual resources for healing. 

Other Orthodox Links

The Orthodox Church in America

The Website of the Orthodox Church in America has daily readings, lives of the Saints, sheet music, information about the Orthodox Church, directories and much more.

The Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America

The Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America, under Archbishop Nathaniel is part of the Orthodox Church in America.

Links about our Monastery

The Pennsylvania Project 

Photographs were taken of the Monastery and the Sisters as part of "The Pennsylvania Project," capturing the span of cultures within the 67 counties of Pennsylvania by two photographers. Our Monastery was chosen as the subject for Lawrence County.


YouTube Interviews and Homilies

Women in the Early Church Study - Part 4, with Mother Christophora (youtube.com)

A Day in the Life of an Orthodox Monastery | Redeeming the Time (youtube.com) 

THE ORTHOCHAT EPISODE 15: MTR. CHRISTOPHORA

Orthodox Christian Monasticism in America - Mother Christophora (youtube.com) 

Judgement Sunday Orthros & Divine Liturgy 3/10/24 (youtube.com)