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Saint '''Petroc Monastery''' was a semi-eremitic [[monasticism|monastic]] community for men located in Cascades, Tasmania.  It was [[superior|headed]] by Fr. [[Michael (Mansbridge-Wood)|Michael]] for the duration of its existence, and followed the Sarum practise of the [[Western Rite]]. It no longer exists.
name=Saint Petroc Monastery|
 
jurisdiction=[[Diocese of Australia and New Zealand (ROCOR)|ROCOR ANZ]]|
 
type=Semi-Eremitic Male Monastery|
 
founded=1992|
 
superior=Hieromonk Michael|
 
size=''unknown''|
 
hq=Cascades, Tasmania, Australia|
 
language=English|
 
music=[[Western Rite]], ''Anglican style''|
 
calendar=[[Julian Calendar|Julian]]|
 
feasts=''unknown''|
 
website=[http://www.rocor.org.au/stpetrocmonastery/ website]
 
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Saint Petroc Monastery is a semi-eremitic [[monasticism|monastic]] community for men in the [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia]] located in Cascades, Tasmania.  In 1997 it became a ROCOR (Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia) establishment under the [[omophorion]] of His Grace Archbishop [[Hilarion (Kapral) of Sydney]].  The current superior is Hieromonk [[Michael Mansbridge-Wood]], and has been assigned the primary task of attracting Australians of Anglo-Celtic background to Orthodoxy using the [[Western Rite]] of the Orthodox Church.
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==History==
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Saint Petroc Monastery was founded in 1992 as an Anglo-Catholic monastery.  In 1995 it turned to Orthodoxy and, under instruction, was placed under the direction of Patriarch [[Ignatius IV (Hazim) of Antioch|Ignatius IV of Antioch]].  In 1997, the monastery was received into [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia|ROCOR]], under the [[omophorion]] of Archbishop [[Hilarion (Kapral) of Sydney|Hilarion of Sydney]], [[Diocese of Australia and New Zealand (ROCOR)|Australia and New Zealand]], with the mandate to not only continue using the Sarum practise of the [[Western Rite]], but to do so with the explicit intent of attracting people of Anglo-Celtic ancestry to Orthodoxy through this rite.  Fr Michael and Fr [[Barry Jefferies]], a married priest associated with Fr Michael, were baptised and ordained by Abp Hilarion to this end.  The Monastery also received permission to create attached monastery missions and [[parish]]es.  In 1998, the monastery began one of these attached missions in Launceston, named for St. Stephen, and would go on to have other attached missions in various cities in Australia, England and Southeast Asia.
  
The present accommodation is very small, with a small chapel, on the lower slopes of Mount Wellington. The Monastery has the mechanism for attached monastery missions and parishes, and has a married priest doing Orthodox Chaplaincy work with the university and seamen.
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In 1998, Fr. Michael was appointed a [[chaplain]] at the University of Tasmania by Abp Hilarion; this service concluded after the University of Tasmania sold the chaplaincy building in 2011.
  
==Timeline==
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In 2003, the Saint Colman Prayer Book, compiled by the monastery, is authorised for use in ROCOR by Abp Hilarion. In June of the next year, the Monastery called a meeting of Western Rite clergy in Australia and New Zealand - which included the priests attached to the monastery and two [[Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia, New Zealand, and All Oceania|Antiochian]] clergy - to discuss the future of Western Rite in Australasia.
*1992 - Saint Petroc Monastery founded as an Anglo-Catholic monastery.
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*1997 - The monastery approaches, and was received, by Archbishop [[Hilarion (Kapral) of Sydney|Hilarion (Kapral)]] into the [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia]].
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On [[November 19]], 2010, [[Hieromonk|Hmk]] Michael was made the Assistant to the Metropolitan for Western Rite communities in the UK, Australia and New Zealand, with Dom [[James (Deschene)]] similarly appointed in the Western hemisphere.  This arrangement continued for about six months.
*1998 - The monastery begins the mission parish of Saint Stephen's in Launceston.[http://omna.malf.net/petroc2news.htm] Fr. Michael becomes a chaplain at the University of Tasmania.
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*2003 - Saint Colman Prayer Book, compiled by the monastery, is authorised for use in ROCOR.
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In 2012, Saint Petroc Monastery was closed by Fr Michael, who moved in 2014 to a different monastic endeavour.
*2004 June - Monastery, along with [[Western Rite]] clergy from Australia and New Zealand, participates in a meeting for the future of the Western Rite in Australasia.
 
  
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==External Links==
 
==External Links==
*[http://www.orthodoxresurgence.co.uk/Petroc/ Monastery homepage]
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*[http://orthodoxwesternrite.wordpress.com/st-petroc-monastery/ Saint Petroc Monastery]
*[http://www.rocor.org.au/stpetrocmonastery Archdiocesan homepage]
 
*[http://www.kingston.org.au/utas_chaplaincy/ Chaplaincy of University of Tasmania], where Fr Michael is the Orthodox Chaplain and conducts services.
 
 
 
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[[Category:Orthodoxy in Australia]]
 
[[Category:Orthodoxy in Australia]]

Latest revision as of 22:16, September 10, 2014

Saint Petroc Monastery was a semi-eremitic monastic community for men located in Cascades, Tasmania. It was headed by Fr. Michael for the duration of its existence, and followed the Sarum practise of the Western Rite. It no longer exists.

History

Saint Petroc Monastery was founded in 1992 as an Anglo-Catholic monastery. In 1995 it turned to Orthodoxy and, under instruction, was placed under the direction of Patriarch Ignatius IV of Antioch. In 1997, the monastery was received into ROCOR, under the omophorion of Archbishop Hilarion of Sydney, Australia and New Zealand, with the mandate to not only continue using the Sarum practise of the Western Rite, but to do so with the explicit intent of attracting people of Anglo-Celtic ancestry to Orthodoxy through this rite. Fr Michael and Fr Barry Jefferies, a married priest associated with Fr Michael, were baptised and ordained by Abp Hilarion to this end. The Monastery also received permission to create attached monastery missions and parishes. In 1998, the monastery began one of these attached missions in Launceston, named for St. Stephen, and would go on to have other attached missions in various cities in Australia, England and Southeast Asia.

In 1998, Fr. Michael was appointed a chaplain at the University of Tasmania by Abp Hilarion; this service concluded after the University of Tasmania sold the chaplaincy building in 2011.

In 2003, the Saint Colman Prayer Book, compiled by the monastery, is authorised for use in ROCOR by Abp Hilarion. In June of the next year, the Monastery called a meeting of Western Rite clergy in Australia and New Zealand - which included the priests attached to the monastery and two Antiochian clergy - to discuss the future of Western Rite in Australasia.

On November 19, 2010, Hmk Michael was made the Assistant to the Metropolitan for Western Rite communities in the UK, Australia and New Zealand, with Dom James (Deschene) similarly appointed in the Western hemisphere. This arrangement continued for about six months.

In 2012, Saint Petroc Monastery was closed by Fr Michael, who moved in 2014 to a different monastic endeavour.

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