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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. [[Polycarp of Smyrna]]. 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. On January 2008 the Romanian Orthodox Patriarchate called and elected Archimandrite Mihail Filimon as bishop for the romanian community of Australia. On the same month His Eminence Nathaniel, elected Rev. Hieromonk Dionisie (Rodila) as the Egumen Igumen of the Holy Ascension Monastery. <!--small timeline in words-->
The community consists of men living the monastic tradition of a Christ-centered prayer life for the monastic members.
*Bishop [[Irineu (Duvlea) of Dearborn Heights]], abbot 2001-2003.
*Archimandrite [[Mihail (Filimon)]], abbot 2003-2008.
*Hieromonk [[Dionisie (Rodila)]], Egumen Igumen 2008-present.
==See also==
