Draft:Monastery Marcha

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    Srbi u Americi - Author:Marko Lopušina - Print Book, Serbian, 2000 - Publisher: "Evro", Beograd, 2000. Flat Out (talk) 01:14, 27 March 2025 (UTC)


The Monastery Marcha is a monastic institution for women at 5095 Broadview Road in Richfield, Ohio.[1]. It is under the omophorion of Bishop Irinej (Dobrijević) of the Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Eastern America[2][3][4]

The new church was constructed in 2000[5] replacing an older structure on the same site. The significance and uniqueness of the new Monastery Marcha church is its modern architecture adapted from the Old World, Morava architectural school, now revived in neo-Morava style. In 2023, a fundraiser was held to expand the complex[6]. On Marcha's property, there is a cemetery[7]

History

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When the Episcopal HQ of the Serbian Orthodox Church of Eastern America and Canada in Richfield moved to Edgeworth, two nuns arrived in Richfield in 1974, Mother Evpraskija (Paunovich) and Mother Anna (Radetich), with the idea to establish a monastery named -- Marcha -- after the Old Country's Monastery Marcha which was destroyed twice and rebuilt twice in the twentieth century[8][9] [10].

In 1975, the new Monastery Marcha was officially inaugurated and consecrated as a women's monastery by the then diocesan Bishop Sava (Vuković). The abbess was American-born Anna Radetich[11], who was with the sisterhood from its earliest beginnings. In 1986, the building underwent extensive renovations. The manor was repurposed as a refectory (dining hall) and living quarters for the nuns. The nuns produce vestments, candles, and other crafts. Later, a cemetery was established on the property open to all Orthodox Christians [12]

In 2000, the old church was demolished, and the current, monastery church was constructed in Morava Revival[13][14][15]

The Monastery Marcha celebrates its patronal feast day, each year on 26 July, the Synaxis of the Archangel Gabriel, who is the protector of the original Monastery Marcha, built by Serbs in the 1500s in what was then Agram, part of the Habsburg Monarchy[16][17]

References

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  1. ^ Srbi u Americi - Author:Marko Lopušina - Print Book, Serbian, 2000 - Publisher: "Evro", Beograd, 2000
  2. ^ Srbi u Americi - Author:Marko Lopušina - Print Book, Serbian, 2000 - Publisher: "Evro", Beograd, 2000
  3. ^ Lopušina, Marko (2000). Srbi u Americi.
  4. ^ "Monastery Marcha Slava".
  5. ^ Cite web|url=https://easterndiocese.org/news_231101_1%7Ctitle=NEW MARCHA MONASTERY FUNDRAISER SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2023 ST. SAVA CATHEDRAL IN CLEVELAND|website=Serbian Orthodox Diocese of Eastern America
  6. ^ cite web | url=https://orthochristian.com/157553.html | title=Cleveland: Fundraiser held for expansion of Serbian Marcha Monastery
  7. ^ https://www.stsavacathedral.org/marcha-cemetery.html
  8. ^ name="auto1">Cite web|url=https://www.easterndiocese.org/monasteries%7Ctitle=Monasteries%7Cwebsite=Serbian Orthodox Diocese of Eastern America
  9. ^ cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NmgMAAAAIAAJ&q=Monastery+Marcha | isbn=978-0-9683870-0-9 | title=Krajina: The Tragedy of a People | date=1998 | publisher=Canadian Serbian Council
  10. ^ cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pqsaAAAAMAAJ&q=Monastery+Marcha | title=The Persecution of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Yugoslavia | date=1945 | publisher=Serbian Orthodox Monastery of St. Sava
  11. ^ Cite web|url=https://www.easterndiocese.org/news_161213_1%7Ctitle=Prayerful Remembrance of Mother Ana (Radetich)|website=Serbian Orthodox Diocese of Eastern America
  12. ^ "Monastery Marcha Cemetery". St Sava Serbian Orthodox Cathedral.
  13. ^ "Presidents Medals: Morava Revival: A Cultural Renaissance of Architecture and Clothing". www.presidentsmedals.com.
  14. ^ name="auto1"
  15. ^ name="auto">https://www.stathanasius.org/site/assets/files/1073/atlas_of_monasteries_second_edition.pdf page 56
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  17. ^ Cite web|url=https://easterndiocese.org/news_140729_1.html%7Ctitle=Monastery Marcha Slava|website=easterndiocese.org