There, participants enter as fully as possible into the life of the monks. This includes adherence to the full schedule of personal prayer and fasting, as well as participation in four to five hours of liturgy a day. In addition, participants attend two three-credit courses in Eastern Theology, Spirituality, or Liturgy. Holy Transfiguration Monastery is located two and one-half hours north of San Francisco, in the scenic coastal range mountains of Northern California. It is the home of a dozen monks and is gaining a reputation throughout North America as a centre for authentic Eastern Christian Spirituality.
Worship is conducted in English, following the Byzantine-Ukrainian usage.
Although Mount Tabor is a men's monastery, both men and women are welcome in this Summer Intensive Program of the Sheptytsky Institute. Some years the summer intensive program may be offered at the Studite Monastery of the Holy Mother of God in Orangeville, Ontario, about an hour north of Toronto. The first Sheptytsky Institute Summer Intensive was held from June 24 - July 22, 2000. Two courses were offered. The Sheptytsky Institute Ukrainian Summer Intensive, offered jointly with the Lviv Theological Academy, was established in 1996 on the same principles as the Mount Tabor program.