St. Mark Serbian Orthodox Monastery

St. Mark Church Monastery also known as St. Mark's Monastery ^[1] 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.^[2] The monastery church was initially modelled after the medieval Marko's Monastery in Skoplje in Northern Macedonia.^[3] Located just west of the monastery church is the St. Mark Church Cemetery.^[3] The patronal feast day of the monastery is 8 May (Julian calendar).^[1]

St. Mark Serbian Orthodox Monastery is listed as one of the important American Orthodox monasteries.^[4][5] In 1985, a youth Camp^[6] opened at St. Mark Church Monastery at 1434 Lake Breeze Road in Sheffield, Ohio, which still continues with summer and winter activities.^[7][6]

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

1. "Patronal Feast Day of St. Mark's Monastery in Sheffield, Ohio | Serbian Orthodox Church [Official web site]". www.spc.rs.
2. "Chronicles". Rockford Institute. September 4, 2005 – via Google Books.
3. Herdendorf, Charles E.; Society, Sheffield Village Historical (January 24, 2011). Sheffield Village. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9781439640807 – via Google Books.
4. Herdendorf, Charles E.; Society, Sheffield Village Historical (January 24, 2011). Sheffield Village. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9781439640807 – via Google Books.
5. "Atlas of American Orthodox Christian Monasteries" (PDF). assemblyofbishops.org. 2016. Retrieved 2020-09-04.
6. "Home". www.saintmarkscamp.org.
7. "The First Week in Saint Mark Monastery | Serbian Orthodox Church [Official web site]". www.spc.rs.

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