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{{monastery|
name=Holy Monastery of the Glorious Ascension|
jurisdiction=[[Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem in North and South America|Jerusalem]]|
type=Male monastery|
founded=1977<!-- according to their website: http://www.monastery.org/about.html --->|
superior=[[Hieromonk]] Nazarios|
size=5 [[monk]]s, 7 [[novice]]s [http://omna.malf.net/ascent.htm]|
hq=Resaca, Georgia|
language=Greek, English<!-- hypothesis based on web site --->|
music=[[Byzantine chant]]|
calendar=[[Julian Calendar]]|
feasts=[[Ascension]]|
website=[http://www.monastery.org/ 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 sixty 60 miles northwest of Atlanta along I-75. The monastery was founded in 1966 and was received into the [[Orthodox Church in America]] in August 1977, eventually breaking with the OCA and coming under the [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia]] (ROCOR). In 2002, the Brotherhood 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 Saint Savvas' Monastery 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 and shrines in the Holy Land.
The monastery also supports the Saint Andrei Rublev Guild that conducts [[iconography]] workshops at the monastery.
The Superior superior of the monastery is [[Hieromonk ]] Nazarios ( since 2005- ) and the Spiritual Father spiritual father of the monastery is [[Archimandrite ]] Maximos (2003-2006).
On [[December 31st31]], 2005 , Hieromonk Nazarios was elevated to the rank of Archimandrite archimandrite and was installed as superior of the monastery by His Eminence [[Archbishop ]] [[Damaskinos of Jaffa]], Epitropos of the Holy Sepulcher <!-- sic ---> in America.
==External links==
*[http://www.monastery.org/ Monastery website]
*[http://www.monasteryproducts.org/ Commercial site]
*[http://omna.malf.net/ascent.htm Listing] at the Orthodox Monasteries in North America site
[[Category:American Monasteries]]
[[Category:Monasteries]]
