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'''Holy Ascension Romanian Orthodox Monastery''' is a [[monastic]] community for men in the [[Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America (OCA)|Romanian Episcopate]] of the [[Orthodox Church in America]]. It is located in Detroit, Michigan, at the [[St. Andrew House Center for Orthodox Christian Studies]].
The community was founded in 2001 under the [[omophorion ]] of His Eminence Archbishop [[Nathaniel (Popp) of Detroit|NATHANIEL]], Archbishop of Detroit and the Romanian Episcopate, when the former [[abbot ]] of Brancoveanu Monastery (Romania), Archimandrite Irineu (Duvlea), along with seven other monks, arrived in Detroit on the namesday of St Policarp . [[Polycarp of SymrnaSmyrna]]. A year after Archimandrite Irineu's consecration to the episcopacy, he relinquished his abbacy, and the community elected [[Archimandrite ]] [[Mihail (Filimon)]] as the new abbot.
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The community consists of men living the monastic tradition of a Christ-centered prayer life for the monastic members.
==Daily Life==
Mon-Tue, Thu: 7:00-8:30am - [[Matins]]::6:00-7:00pm - [[Vespers]]::7:30-8:00pm - [[Compline]]
Wednesday: 7:00-8:30am - Matins
::10:30-11:30 - [[Divine Liturgy]]
::6:00-7:00pm - Vespers
::7:00-7:30pm - Compline
::6:00-7:00pm - Vespers
::7:00-7:30pm - Compline
::7:30-9:00 - [[Holy Unction]]
Saturday: 7:00-8:30am - Matins
::10:30-11:30 - Divine Liturgy
::6:00-7:30 - Vespers with [[Litia]]
Sunday: 9:00-10:30 - Matins
::10:30-12:15 - Divine Liturgy
::6:00-7:00 - Vespers
::7:00-7:30 - Paraclis [[Paraklesis|Paraclesis]] to the [[Theotokos|Mother of God]]
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