Address : 3389 Rives Eaton Rd, Rives Junction, MI 49277
Telephone : +1-517-569-2873
Email : (Send email through monastery website. See “Contact and Directions” page)
Mailing Address:
Dormition Monastery
PO Box 128
Rives Junction, MI 49277
Website : https://dormitionmonastery.org
About : We are an Orthodox monastic community under the omophorion of His Eminence Archbishop NATHANIEL of the Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of the Orthodox Church in America.
Our Monastery is located in south central Michigan, seven miles north of Jackson, in the small farming community of Rives Junction, on 200 acres of largely wooded land with an array of wildlife. It serves as a spiritual haven, not only for the monastics but also for pilgrims, a place away from the cares and temptations of the secular world, a place for spiritual guidance and growth.
Visitors and groups are welcome at the monastery for the day or for short overnight stays in our guest house. To arrange a visit please see monastery website.
Please note that the Monastery is closed from Sunday evening until Monday evening (unless otherwise indicated on the calendar).(From Website)
Superior : Mother Gabriella
Spiritual Father/Founder: Father Roman Braga (+2015)
Fr. Roman Braga speaking in 1995 at St. Ignatius, Franklin TN USA:
^(Father Roman Braga Breaking Ground for the Monastery’s New Church)
Saint Andrew Chapel: St. Andrew Chapel is the original chapel of the monastery that was transformed from a farm pole barn into a worship place. The chapel was used for all services from 1988 to 2012 when the new Temple was consecrated.
Over the years the chapel has been continually upgraded and beautified. Today, though most services are held in the Main Church, the chapel is used occasionally as an alternative place of worship.
Relics :
FRAGMENT OF THE PRECIOUS AND LIFE GIVING CROSS
Martyr Pahomios of Little Russia
fragment of cross of holy apostle Peter
St. Haralambos
Blessing from St. Katherine’s monastery in Sinai
St. Onnophrios the Great
St. Herman of Alaska
St. Anthony patriarch of Constantinople
3 Holy Hierarchs (St. John Chrysostom, St. Basil the Great, St. Gregory the Theologian)
Fathers martyred at St. Theodore monastery
Fathers from Hozeva (Chozeba) monastery
St. Innocent of Alaska
St. Tikhon patriarch of Moscow
St. Elizabeth the new martyr
St. Barbara the nun
St. Alexis Toth
St. Prosper of Reggio
St. Valentenus
St. Validus
St. Agatha
St. Cresentius
Martyr from St. Theodore monastery in Jerusalem
Fathers and martyrs from St. Savas monastery
Sts. Damian and Cosmas
Martyr Prouos (Probos)
Martyr Andronikos
St. Gregory of Decapolis
Diocese : OCA (Romanian Diocese)
