Prayer Resources

Orthodoxy was brought to Guatemala in 1998, when Metropolitan Demetrius of America founded a small parish in Guatemala City dedicated to Blessed Xenia of St. Petersburg. A beautiful church was built, but the mission struggled to grow without a permanent priest. In 2013, Metropolitan Demitrius started sending Father Maximus, a Spanish-speaking hieromonk of Holy Ascension Monastery in New York to serve as a part- time priest. Over the years, God made it clear that He wanted a more permanent Orthodox presence in the country. Father Maximus asked the Metropolitan for a blessing to look for a property to found a monastery, inasmuch as a local church cannot exist without monasticism.