 Holy Cross Monastery was founded in September 1986 by Hieromonk Kallistos (Pazalos) in House Springs, Missouri under the auspices of Bishop Tikhon (Fitzgerald) of San Francisco, Los Angeles and the West.Following the death of Hieromonk Kallistos in 1992, the monastery went under the spiritual guidance of the Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville, New York.In 1999, brotherhood had doubled in size since founding, filling all cells of the monastery.