St. Mark Church Monastery also known as St. Mark's Monastery is a

Serbian Orthodox Church The Serbian Orthodox Church ( sr-Cyrl, Српска православна црква, Srpska pravoslavna crkva) is one of the autocephalous (ecclesiastically independent) Eastern Orthodox Christian denomination, Christian churches. The majori ...

monastery located in

Sheffield, Ohio Sheffield is a village in Lorain County, Ohio, United States, along the Black River. The population was 3,982 at the 2010 census. Geography Sheffield is located at (41.448009, -82.083397). According to the United States Census Bureau, the vil ...

, now under the

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of Bishop

Irinej Dobrijević Irinej Dobrijević ( sr-cyr, Иринеј Добријевић, en, Irenaeus Dobrijević; born 6 February 1955) is the Serbian Orthodox Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Eastern America, Bishop of Eastern America since 2016. He is the head of the Serbi ...

of the

Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Eastern America The Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Eastern America or Serbian Orthodox Diocese of Eastern America ( sr, Српска православна епархија источноамеричка) is a Serbian Orthodox Church diocese of the United States. Be ...

. The monastery church was initially modelled after the

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Marko's Monastery Marko's Monastery ( Macedonian and sr, Марков Манастир) is a monastery located in the village of Markova Sušica, from central Skopje in North Macedonia. The monastery bears the name of Serbian Prince Marko who reigned at the time ...

Skoplje Skopje ( , , ; mk, Скопје ; sq, Shkup) is the capital and largest city of North Macedonia. It is the country's political, cultural, economic, and academic centre. The territory of Skopje has been inhabited since at least 4000 BC; r ...

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. Located just west of the monastery church is the St. Mark Church Cemetery. The patronal feast day of the monastery is 8 May (

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). 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.

Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of New Gračanica and Midwestern America The Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of New Gračanica and Midwestern America or Serbian Orthodox Diocese of New Gračanica and Midwestern America ( sr, Српска православна епархија новограчаничко-средњезап� ...

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* Episcopal headquarters of the

Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Western America The Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Western America or Serbian Orthodox Diocese of Western America ( sr, Српска православна епархија западноамеричка) is a Serbian Orthodox Church diocese located in the western ...

, located at Saint Steven's Serbian Orthodox Cathedral,

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* Holy Transfiguration Serbian Orthodox Monastery,

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* Episcopal headquarters of the

Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Buenos Aires and South America The Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Buenos Aires, South and Central America ( sr, Српска православна епархија буеносајреска и јужноцентралноамеричка, es, Diócesis de Buenos Aires Patriarca ...

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* Monastery of St. Paisius, Safford * St. Pachomious Monastery *

St. Archangel Michael Skete St. Archangel Michael Skete is an Eastern Orthodox monastery on Spruce Island, Alaska. It is three miles away from Monk’s Lagoon, where Saint Herman of Alaska lived 200 years ago. He was called a saint by the people long before the church recogn ...

Saint Herman of Alaska Monastery The Saint Herman of Alaska Monastery is an Eastern Orthodox monastery located in Platina, California. It is part of the Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Western America. The monastery was founded by Seraphim Rose and Herman Podmoshensky back in 1968 ...

* St. Nilus Island Skete

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