Holy Ascension Monastery is a male monastic community located in Bearsville, New York under the auspices of the Church of the Genuine Orthodox Christians of America (GOC).
The divine liturgy is celebrated four times per week (Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday) as well as on major feast days.
The music used is Traditional Byzantine chant and the services are approximately two-thirds English and one-third Greek.
At noon the paraclesis to the Mother of God is read each day with optional attendance for the monastics due to the necessity of certain obediences.
During the Feast of the Ascension on June 2, 2011, five bishops and four priests blessed the foundations for a new church on a hill at the monastery.
[citation needed] In 2017, it was reported that the half completed Hagia Sophia replica was demolished following delays in construction and the discovery of structural damage in the vaulting.