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'''Orthodox Monastery of the Transfiguration''' is a [[monastic]] community for women in the Romanian Episcopate of the [[Orthodox Church in America]]. It is located in Ellwood City, Pennsylvania.
The community was founded in 1967 under the omophorion of His Eminence Archbishop [[Valerian (Trifa) of Detroit|Valerian]], Archbishop of Detroit and the Romanian Episcopate with Mother [[Alexandra (Issarescu)|Alexandra]], formerly Princess [[Ileana of Romania]], as the first [[abbess]]. Mother Alexandra put into formation her dream of a monastic community in English for Americans. In 1987, then-Abbess Benedicta left the Transfiguration Monastery to begin the [[Monastery of the Dormition of the Mother of God (Rives Junction, Michigan)|Dormition of the Mother of God Orthodox Monastery]] with two other nuns [[nun]]s from this [[monastery]].
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The community consists of women living the monastic tradition of a Christ-centered prayer life for the monastic members.
==Abbesses==
*Mother [[Alexandra (Issarescu)Ileana of Romania|Alexandra]], abbess 1967-1978.
*Mother [[Benedicta (Braga)|Benedicta]], abbess 1978-1987.
*Mother [[Christophora (Matychak)|Christophora]], abbess 1987-present.
===Monastery===
*[http://www.oca.org/DIRlisting.asp?SID=9&KEY=OCA-RO-ELCHXC OCA Listing of the Monastery]
*[http://www.stnina.org/print-journal/artvolume-3/volume-3.-no-4.8 -fall-1999/letter-sister-her-family-announcing-her-tonsure Letter from a Sister to Her Family Announcing Her Tonsure].*[http://www.stnina.org/print-journal/artvolume-3/volume-3.-no-4.2 -fall-1999/behalf-all-and-all On Behalf of All and For All], an article by the Monastery.
===Mother Christophora===
*[http://www.stnina.org/journal/art/3.4.3 Trust and Serenity], a tribute to Mother Alexandra by Demetra Velisarios Jaquet
[[Category:American Monasteries|Transfiguration]][[Category:Monasteries|Transfiguration]][[Category:OCA Monasteries|Transfiguration]]