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{{monastery|name=Holy Monastery of the Glorious Ascension|jurisdiction=[[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia|ROCOR]]|type=Male monastery|founded=1977|superior=[[Archimandrite]] Maximos (Weimar)|size=2 attached clerics|hq=Resaca, Georgia|language=English, Arabic|music=[[Russian Chant]]|calendar=[[Julian Calendar]]|feasts=[[Ascension]]|website=[http://www.monastery.org/ Official site]}}The '''Monastery of the Glorious Ascension (Resaca, Georgia)''' is a [[cenobitic institution ]] [[monastery]] under the jurisdiction of the Patriarch of Jerusalem[[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia]].

The Monasterymonastery, popularly known as ‘Ascension Monastery’''Ascension Monastery'', is located in Resaca, Georgia, about sixty 60 miles northwest of Atlanta along I75I-75, near Dalton. The Monastery monastery was founded in 1966 and was received into the [[Orthodox Church in America]] in August 1977. In 1980, the Brotherhood moved from Mississippi to Resaca, Georgia. After 20 years in the OCA, the Brotherhood entered the [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia]] (ROCOR).  In 20022003, after receiving a canonical release from Metropolitan Laurus of the [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia]] (ROCOR), the Brotherhood Ascension Monastery was received into the [[Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem in North and South America|Patriarchate of Jerusalem ]] from the [[ROCOR]] and made part of the [[Brotherhood of the Holy Sepulchre that ]], which is the Brotherhood from Saint Savvas’ the Monastery of Mar Sabbas in the Judean Desert that is responsible for maintaining and protecting the [[Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Jerusalem)|Church of the Holy Sepulchre ]] and other Holy Sites holy sites and Shrines shrines in the [[Holy Land]].   On [[December 31]], 2005, Hieromonk Nazarios was elevated to the rank of archimandrite and was installed as superior of the monastery by His Eminence [[Archbishop]] [[Damaskinos Anastasios of Jaffa and Arimathea|Damaskinos of Jaffa]], Epitropos of the Holy Sepulcher<!-- sic ---> in America. Following the dissolution of the parishes of the Jerusalem Patriarchate in North America and the establishment of the [[Vicariate for Palestinian-Jordanian Communities in the USA]], the monastery was once again received into the [[ROCOR]] in October of 2010[http://picasaweb.google.com/104287538655252417112/BeingReceivedIntoROCOR#]. The monastery is currently undergoing a period of retooling with the intention of it being a female monastery at some point in the near future. Currently the grounds are under the administration of Archpriest Steven Ritter, with an additional attached priest and deacon.

*[http://www.monastery.org/ Monastery website]*[http://www.monasteryproducts.org Web Site/ Commercial site]*[http://eadiocese.org/Parishes/georgia/resaca.en.htm Eastern American Diocese Parish Directory]

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