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The monastery was founded in the fall of 1998 by one priestmonk and two monks from [[St. Anthony's Greek Orthodox Monastery (Florence, Arizona)|St. Anthony's Monastery]] under the auspices of His Eminence Metropolitan Iakovos of Chicago to fulfill the lay requests for a male monastery in the Illinois/Wisconsin area.
The monastery consists of men living the monastic tradition of a Christ-centered prayer life for the monastic members. To support itself, the monastery sells ecclesiastical garments, beeswax [[Candle|candles]], and gold, silver, and copper-plated crosses and icons. It does not yet have guest quarters, so overnight visitors must stay in a hotel nearby or find other accomodations.
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