After many years of speculating and planning, Holy
Ascension
Monastery is finally actualizing this magnificent dream.
This year on
the Feast of the Ascension of Christ (June 2, 2011),
five Bishops and
four priests blessed the foundations for the new church
on a
picturesque hill at the monastery. God willing, the
building will
become the catholicon or main church of our monastery.
It will also
be a beacon of Orthodoxy in the region and a unique
building for
America.
Hagia Sophia at Holy Ascension Monastery will be a
1/5th scale
replica of the original Hagia Sophia in Constantinople
built by the
devout Emperor Justinian the Great. In accordance with
the express
wish of Metropolitan Paul, the replica will copy the
original as
closely as possible, incorporating only a few
simplifications due to
its smaller size.
Please
send donations to:
HOLY ASCENSION MONASTERY, 521 Cold Brook Road,
Bearsville, NY, 12409