St. Xenia Serbian Orthodox Monastery is a women's monastic community of the

Serbian Orthodox Church in North and South America The Serbian Orthodox Church in North and South America ( sr, Српска православна црква у Северној и Јужној Америци) is a constituent and integral part of the one and only Serbian Orthodox Church (Patria ...

, located at 40500 Highway 36 West in

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since its founding in 1980. It is under the

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of Bishop

Maksim Vasiljević Maksim Vasiljević ( sr-cyr, Максим Васиљевић; born 27 June 1968 as Milan Vasiljević) is the Bishop of the Eparchy of Western America of the Serbian Orthodox Church. Academic education and ecclesiastical career He earned his doc ...

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 r ...

. It is affiliated with the Monastery of St. Herman of Alaska in

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and St. Herman Press. The daily life of the nuns revolves around common and private prayers and work such as growing vegetables and flowers, hosting pilgrims and giving them tours of the monastery, making prayer ropes, and so on. In cooperation with St. Herman Press, St. Xenia sisterhood is also involved in publishing Orthodox works and other written material related to

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and adherence to the

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.Atlas of American Orthodox Christian Monasteries

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

, 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 w ...

St. Mark Serbian Orthodox Monastery 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 ...

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