Monastery of the Glorious Ascension (Resaca, Georgia)
Holy Monastery of the Glorious Ascension | |
Jurisdiction | Jerusalem |
Type | Male monastery |
Founded | 1977 |
Superior | Archimandrite Nazarios |
Approx. size | 2 monks, 1 novice |
Location | Resaca, Georgia |
Liturgical language(s) | English |
Music used | Russian Chant |
Calendar | Julian Calendar |
Feastdays celebrated | Ascension |
Official website | Official site |
The Monastery of the Glorious Ascension (Resaca, Georgia) is a cenobitic monastery under the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem in North and South America.
The monastery, popularly known as Ascension Monastery, is located in Resaca, Georgia, about 60 miles northwest of Atlanta along I-75, near Dalton. The 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 2003, after receiving a canonical release from Metropolitan Laurus of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia (ROCOR), the Ascension Monastery was received into the Patriarchate of Jerusalem from the ROCOR and made part of the Brotherhood of the Holy Sepulchre, which is the Brotherhood from the Monastery of Mar Sabbas in the Judean Desert that is responsible for maintaining and protecting the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and other holy sites and shrines in the Holy Land.
The superior of the monastery is Archimandrite Nazarios (since 2005).
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 of Jaffa, Epitropos of the Holy Sepulcher in America.
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