New chapel consecrated at Life-Giving Spring Monastery in California, founded by Elder Ephraim

Dunlap, California, November 5, 2025

Photo: Monasteries of Geronda Ephraim of Arizona Photo: Monasteries of Geronda Ephraim of Arizona     

On Thursday, October 30, a new chapel was consecrated at the Holy Monastery of the Theotokos the Life-Giving Spring in Dunlap, California.

The chapel is dedicated to St. Joseph the Hesychast, his disciples St. Ephraim of Katounakia and Elder Ephraim of Arizona, St. Nikiforos the Leper, and St. Markella of Chios, according to the Monasteries of Geronda Ephraim of Arizona group.

Photo: Monasteries of Geronda Ephraim of Arizona Photo: Monasteries of Geronda Ephraim of Arizona     

The chapel was erected between 2021 and 2025 with the blessing of Metropolitan Gerasimos of San Francisco and with the love and devotion of Abbess Markella and her sisterhood.

The Holy Monastery of the Theotokos the Life-Giving Spring is situated near the St. Nicholas Ranch and Retreat Center in Dunlap, California. The monastery was founded in 1993 by Elder Ephraim of Mt. Athos with the assistance of His Eminence Metropolitan Anthony of San Francisco of blessed memory. Fr. Ephraim brought the first two nuns from the Holy Monastery of the Archangel Michael in Greece. The monastery’s name pays homage to the historic Theotokos the Life-Giving Spring Monastery and Shrine in Constantinople.

Photo: Monasteries of Geronda Ephraim of Arizona Photo: Monasteries of Geronda Ephraim of Arizona     

The monastery is one of 18 founded in the United States and Canada by Elder Ephraim of Philotheou and Arizona.

Read more about the monastery in the articles, “The Life-Giving Spring Pours On All” and “Elder Ephraim’s Most Beautiful Convent.”

Photo: Monasteries of Geronda Ephraim of Arizona Photo: Monasteries of Geronda Ephraim of Arizona     

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11/5/2025

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