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{{monastery| name=Monastery of the All-Merciful Saviour [[File:Monasterychuch.jpg|thumbnail]] |jurisdiction=[[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia|ROCOR]] [[Diocese of Western America (ROCOR)|Western America]]|type=Male Monastery is blessed by God as |founded=1986|superior=Igumen Tryphon|size=5 members|hq=Vashon Island, Washington|language=English|music=[[Russian Chant]]; [[Znamenny Chant]]; [[Kievan Chant]]; [[Byzantine Chant]]|calendar=[[Julian Calendar|Julian]]|feasts=August 1 according to the only male monastery in Washington stateJulian Calendar.|website=[http://vashonmonks.com Official website]}}
'''All-Merciful Saviour Monastery''' is a [[monasticism|monastic]] community of the [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia]], under the omophorion of [[Kyrill (Dmitrieff) of San Francisco|Archbishop Kyrill]]. It is the only male Orthodox [[monastery]] in Washington state. It was established in 1986 by Archimandrite Dmitri of Santa Rosa, California, and in 1988, under the leadership of the Very Rev. Igumen Tryphon, moved to Vashon Island, Washington.
In 1992, islanders Georgia and John Ratzenberger ("Cliff" from the US television series "Cheers") donated five acres of land to the monastery. In 1999, to protect the solitude of the monastery, the brotherhood purchased an adjacent eleven acres of land to save it from development. Along with an adjacent, publicly-owned 40 acre watershed, the monastery is quietly secluded in the forests of Maury Island.
The monastery occupies sixteen acres of secluded forest on the southeast end of Vashon Island, just south of the village of Dockton.
The monastery presently includes a main temple dedicated to the [[Protection of the Mother of God|Protection of the Holy Virgin]], a small chapel dedicated to [[John (Maximovitch) the Wonderworker|Saint John the Wonderworker of Shanghai and San Francisco]] (the monastery's patron saint), a large trapeza, a library and community room, a bookstore and office building, and seven monastic cabins (cells).
