'''Christminster''' or '''{{monastery|name=Christ the Savior Monastery''' is a or Christminster|jurisdiction=[[Western RiteROCOR]] , [[monastery]] of the [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside RussiaStavropegial]] |type=Male Monastery|founded=1962|superior=Dom James(ROCORDeschene)|size=unknown|hq=Niagara Falls, established in Rhode Island in 1993 with the blessing of New York|language=English|music=Gregorian|calendar=[[ArchbishopJulian Calendar|Julian]] [[Hilarion (Kapral) of Sydney|Hilarion]], then [feasts=unknown |website=[Bishop]] of Manhattan, who authorized Dom James Mhttp://christminster. Deschene (formerly the [[prior]org/ Official Website] of the Monastery of Our Lady of Mount Royal) to continue the Western Rite mission of Mount Royal under the title of ''Christ the Saviour Monastery''—or ''Christminster''. It is currently located in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The large monastery complex includes an oratory dedicated to Our Lady of Glastonbury.}}
Founded in 1910 as an Old Catholic monastery, Mount Royal's mission and work continued under ''Christminster''' or '''Christ the Savior Monastery''' is a [[Western Rite]] [[Old Catholicmonastery]] auspices until 1962. In that year of the community was received into the patriarchal [[Russian Orthodox Church by its American Outside Russia]] (ROCOR), established in Rhode Island in 1993 with the blessing of [[exarchArchbishop]] [[Hilarion (Kapral) of New York|Hilarion]], then [[Bishop Dositheus Ivanchenko ]] of New YorkManhattan, who authorized Dom [[James M. For several years, Deschene]] (formerly the [[monkprior]]s of the [[Monastery of the Assumption of Our Lady of Mount Royal staffed a Western Rite chapel in the Russian Cathedral (Jacksonville, Florida)|Monastery of Our Lady of St. Nicholas in Manhattan, later moving Mount Royal]]) to Woodstock, New York. Bishop Dositheus' successor, Archbishop John Wendland, blessed and confirmed continue the Western Rite observance and mission of Mount Royal and under the leadership title of its [[abbot]]''Christ the Saviour Monastery'' or ''Christminster''. It is currently located in Niagara Falls, Dom Augustine WhitfieldNY.
In 1975== History ==Founded in 1910 as an Old Catholic monastery, [[Mount Royal]]'s mission and work continued under Abbot Augustine, [[Old Catholic]] auspices until 1962. In that year the monastery community was received into the patriarchal Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia by Archbishop Nikon Rklitzskyits American [[exarch]], who again authorized and blessed its mission and observancesBishop [[Dositheus (Ivanchenko) of New York|Dositheus (Ivanchenko) of New York]]. In 1993For several years, upon the retirement [[monk]]s of Abbot Augustine, Christminster was founded Mount Royal staffed a Western Rite chapel in Rhode Island with the blessing Russian Cathedral of St. Nicholas in Manhattan, later moving to Woodstock, New York. Bishop Hilarion to carry on Dositheus' successor, Archbishop [[John (Wendland) of New York and the Aleutians|John (Wendland)]], blessed and confirmed the work of Western Rite Orthodoxy in observance and mission of Mount Royal and the ROCOR Synodleadership of its [[abbot]], Dom [[Augustine Whitfield]].
In 1975, under Abbot Augustine, the monastery was received into the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia by Archbishop [[Nikon (Rklitski) of Florida|Nikon (Rklitzsky)]], who again authorized and blessed its mission and observances.
In 1993, upon the retirement of Abbot Augustine, Christminster was founded in Rhode Island with the blessing of Bishop Hilarion to carry on the work of Western Rite Orthodoxy in the ROCOR Synod.
==External linklinks==*[http://www.christminster.org/ Christ the Savior Monastery] (official site)*[http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Occidentalis/message/9375] (News site)]
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