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{{monastery|
name=Holy Monastery of the Holy Cross|
jurisdiction=[[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia|GOA Aus]]|
type=Female Monastery|
founded=1995|
superior=Abbess Philothei|
size=5 nuns|
hq=Mangrove Mountain, New South Wales, Australia|
language=Greek|
music=[[Byzantine Chant]]|
calendar=[[Revised Julian Calendar|Revised Julian]]|
feasts=[[July 28|Jul 28]] (Chapel)<br>[[September 14|Sep 14]] (Monastery)|
website=none advertised
}}

The '''Holy Monastery of the Holy Cross''' is a [[monasticism|monastic]] community for women under the [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia]].  The monastery is located in Mangrove Mountain, New South Wales (west of Sydney), and was established in 1995 under the [[omophorion]] of His Eminence Archbishop [[Stylianos (Harkianakis) of Australia|Stylianos of Australia]].  The current [[abbess]] is Mother Philothei; there are currently 4 [[nun]]s (including the abbess) and one [[novice]] in residence.  Currently the abbot of the [[Monastery of Pantanassa (Mangrove Mountain, New South Wales)|Monastery of Pantanassa]] is the spiritual father, and priestly services are done by the [[hieromonk|priestmonks]] of the Monastery of Pantanassa.

==Timeline==
* 1995: The [[Monastery of Pantanassa (Mangrove Mountain, New South Wales)|Monastery of Pantanassa]] moves from St [[Arsenius the Cappadocian|Arsenios]]' [[metochion|House]] to current site on Mangrove Mountain.  In the same year the Monastery of the Holy Cross, a female monastery, under the guidance of [[Archimandrite]] [[Stephanos (Pantanassiotis)]], is established at St Arsenios' House.  Three nuns make up the founding sisterhood and elect an abbess amongst themselves.  All three of the founding nuns are Greek-Australians who went to Greece and then came back to Australia to start a new monastery.
* ~2003: The Monastery of the Holy Cross moves to present location on Mangrove Mountain, approximately 5km from the Monastery of Pantanassa.
* 2006 Apr 14: Led by the St Nicholas Punchbowl youth group, approximately 40 youth from various Antiochian churches in Sydney make a daytrip to Holy Cross Monastery

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