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St. Sabbas Orthodox Monastery is a male monastery of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia, located in Harper Woods, Michigan.
St. Sabbas Monastery was founded in 1999 under Archimandrite Pachomy (Belkoff). St. Sabbas is directly under Metropolitan Hilarion (Kapral) of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad and under Kyrill.
The monastery is in Southeast Michigan on over 6 acres of land with a small but growing community of monastics. The monastery follows the patristic Julian calendar.
Coordinates: 42°26′29″N82°56′39″W / 42.4414°N 82.9443°W
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