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St. Mark Church Monastery also known as St. Mark's Monastery is a Serbian Orthodox Church monastery located in Sheffield, Ohio, now under the omophor of Bishop Irinej Dobrijević of the Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Eastern America. The monastery church was initially modelled after the medieval Marko's Monastery in Skoplje in Northern Macedonia. Located just west of the monastery church is the St. Mark Church Cemetery. The patronal feast day of the monastery is 8 May (Julian calendar).
St. Mark Serbian Orthodox Monastery is listed as one of the important American Orthodox monasteries. In 1985, a youth Camp opened at St. Mark Church Monastery at 1434 Lake Breeze Road in Sheffield, Ohio, which still continues with summer and winter activities.
See also
- List of Serbian Orthodox monasteries
- St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Monastery, located at the Episcopal headquarters of the Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Eastern America, Libertyville, Illinois
- New Gračanica Monastery, located at the Episcopal headquarters of the Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of New Gračanica and Midwestern America, Third Lake, Illinois
- Episcopal headquarters of the Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Western America, located at Saint Steven's Serbian Orthodox Cathedral, Alhambra, California
- Holy Transfiguration Serbian Orthodox Monastery, Milton, Ontario, Canada
- Episcopal headquarters of the Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Buenos Aires and South America, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Monastery of St. Paisius, Safford
- St. Pachomious Monastery
- St. Archangel Michael Skete
- Saint Herman of Alaska Monastery
- St. Nilus Island Skete
References
- ^ "Patronal Feast Day of St. Mark's Monastery in Sheffield, Ohio | Serbian Orthodox Church [Official web site]". www.spc.rs.
- "Chronicles". Rockford Institute. September 4, 2005 – via Google Books.
- ^ Herdendorf, Charles E.; Society, Sheffield Village Historical (January 24, 2011). Sheffield Village. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9781439640807 – via Google Books.
- Herdendorf, Charles E.; Society, Sheffield Village Historical (January 24, 2011). Sheffield Village. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9781439640807 – via Google Books.
- "Atlas of American Orthodox Christian Monasteries" (PDF). assemblyofbishops.org. 2016. Retrieved 2020-09-04.
- ^ "Home". www.saintmarkscamp.org.
- "The First Week in Saint Mark Monastery | Serbian Orthodox Church [Official web site]". www.spc.rs.
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