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In 1986, Sister Ines, who was from an influence and well known family in Guatemala, made an extreme change in her life when she left a [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] [[monasticism|monastic]] order and became an Orthodox [[nun]] in a country without an Orthodox presence. Joined by Sister Maria, Sister Ines founded Holy Trinity Monastery in April 1986. In 1989, the monastery received a donation of some land on the shores of Lake Amatitian. The land, at an elevation of almost 4,000 feet near the City of Guatemala, is located near Pacaya, a very active volcano.
On [[December 6]], 1995, His Grace Bishop Antonio Chedraoul of Mexico, Venezuela, Central America, and the Caribbean, of the Patriarchate of Antioch, formally brought Orthodox Christianity to Guatemala with the recognition of the monastery with its nuns and twenty -five parishioners under the leadership of Mother Ines.
Over the following years the monastery grew, adding buildings to the land donated by Federico Bauer. On [[November 8]], 2007, an assemblage of [[clergy]] and nuns led by [[Archbishop]] Antonio, who came to Guatemala for the occasion of consecrating the church (Iglesia Catolica Apostolica Orthodoxa de Guatemala) at the monastery.