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{{monastery|name=Saint '''Petroc Monastery|jurisdiction=''' was a semi-eremitic [[Diocese of Australia and New Zealand (ROCOR)monasticism|ROCOR ANZmonastic]]|type=Semi-Eremitic Male Monastery|founded=1992|superior=Hieromonk Michael|size=''unknown''|hq=community for men located in Cascades, Tasmania, Australia. It was [[superior|language=English|music=headed]] by Fr. [[Western RiteMichael (Mansbridge-Wood)|Michael]]for the duration of its existence, and followed the Sarum|calendar=practise of the [[Julian Calendar|JulianWestern Rite]]|feasts=''unknown''|website=[http://www.rocor It no longer exists.org.au/stpetrocmonastery/ website]}}

==History==Saint Petroc Monastery is a semiwas founded in 1992 as an Anglo-eremitic Catholic monastery. In 1995 it turned to Orthodoxy and, under instruction, was placed under the direction of Patriarch [[monasticismIgnatius IV (Hazim) of Antioch|monasticIgnatius IV of Antioch]] community for men in . In 1997, the monastery was received into [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia|ROCOR]] 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|Hilarion of Sydney]]. The current superior is Hieromonk Michael, [[Diocese of Australia and New Zealand (ROCOR)|Australia and New Zealand]], with the mandate to not only continue using the Sarum practise of the monastery has been assigned [[Western Rite]], but to do so with the task explicit intent of attracting people of Anglo-Saxon-Celtic background ancestry to Orthodoxy using the 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 [[Western Riteparish]] es. In 1998, the monastery began one of the Orthodox Churchthese 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 Monastery consists of two affiliated housesIn 1998, Saint Petroc House with Fr. Michael was appointed a small chapel, [[chaplain]] at Cascades and Holyrood House, with a small chapel at Avondale. The Monastery has the mechanism for creating attached monastery missions and parishesUniversity of Tasmania by Abp Hilarion; this service concluded after the University of Tasmania sold the chaplaincy building in 2011.

==Timeline==*1992 - Saint Petroc Monastery founded.*1997 - The monastery was receivedIn 2003, by Archbishop [[Hilarion (Kapral) of Sydney|Hilarion (Kapral)]] into the [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia]].*1998 - The monastery begins the mission of Saint Stephen's in Launceston. Fr. Michael becomes a chaplain at the University of Tasmania.*2003 - Saint Colman Prayer Book, compiled by the monastery, is authorised for use in ROCORby Abp Hilarion.*2004 In June - of the next year, the Monastery, calls called a meeting of [[Western Rite]] clergy from in Australia and New Zealand- which included the priests attached to the monastery and two [[Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia, regarding New Zealand, and All Oceania|Antiochian]] clergy - to discuss the future of the Western Rite in Australasia.

==External Links==*On [http://www[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.orthodoxresurgence This arrangement continued for about six months.co.uk/Petroc/ Monastery homepage]