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{{westernrite}}The '''The Abbey of the Holy Name''' is a [[Western Rite]] [[monastery]] of the [[Old Calendarists|Old Calendarist]] Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of North and South America and the British Isles established in West Milford, New Jersey with . It was established in 1973 while the blessing Abbey was part of Metropolitan Joseph prior to his repose in 1990a small jurisdiction that derived from Ukrainian autocephalists. The Abbey head of this orgainzation was then Archbishop Willian (Brothers), who blessed the continuing monastic institution which succeeded St. Dunstan's Priory project to establish a monastery there in Woodstock, New York following its destruction by fire. St. Dunstan's 1973; it was established in 1924 at Woodstock, NY later supported by Metropolitan Joseph, who as the successor to Archbishop William when he transfered the Priory and his See from Waukegan, Illinois.

The Abbotabbey was the continuing monastic institution which succeeded St. Dunstan's Priory in Woodstock, New York. St. Dunstan's had been moved to Woodstock, Schema-Abbot John (LoBue)New York, was consecrated Bishop of the Northeast (USA) in 1940 by Chief Hierarch Metropolitan Joseph William when he transferred the priory and Archbishop Hilarion of Texas on September 21his see from Waukegan, Illinois. Following its destruction by fire in 1948, 1980it was temporary relocated thereafter to Overlook Mountain. Since then The former location of the Abbey has housed priory is still the Diocesan Offices and present site of the St. Gregory Milan Synod's Orthodox Liturgical Press. Many ecclesiastrical dignitaries have visited Parish of the Abbey during its existence. The '''Blessed Elder Holy Transfiguration (Schema-BishopWestern Rite) Theodore (Irtel)''' lived , considered a spiritual institution in the last years of his life at the Abbey and reposed on November 21, 1997area[http://wavelinks.net/cottocom.htm].

==Jurisdiction== [[Image:AbbeyCatholicon.jpg|left|thumb|The Chapel at the Abbey of The Holy Name]]The abbey is within the [[Old Calendar Calendarists|Old Calendarist]] jurisdiction of the [[Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of Western Europe North and South America and the British Isles]]. The abbot is Archbishop John (Lobue) of New York and New Jersey.  ===History=== St Dunstan's originally formed as an Old Catholic Monastery, the abbey's parent body was apparently first involved in the confused "American Church" movement, and so the Americas Prior, William (Brothers) was made a received and reordained-- having been ordained an Old Catholic Archbishop-- by [[Theophan (AOMWEANoli)of Durres|Bishop Theophan Noli]] since 1997and Christopher (Contegeorge), a Bishop of questionable repute in America on June 30, 1934 at [[St. Nicholas Cathedral (New_York, Prior to that dateNew_York)|St Nicholas Cathedral, New York]]. The monastery and attached parishes incorporated as the "Western Orthodox Catholic Church was ". In 1962, the ''communities were received as Western Rite Exarchate communities of the Moscow Patriarchate and granted then Archbishop William the title of "exarch", but the Russian Patriarchal Church'' under Exarch MetrPatriarchate repeatedly requested that Abp William go to Russia to be reconsecrated. WilliamThis led to suspicion that there were political motives involved, and so the exarch delayed the trip until he was ordered to go to Moscow in January, 1966. Due to fears alleged manipulations of KGB interference it they left the Moscow Patriarch coming Patriarchate and came into communion with the ''Ukrainian Autonomous Orthodox Church in Exile'' under Archbishop PalladiosPalladius (Rudenko), one of the founders of SCOBA.  Under Vladika PallidiosPalladius' leadership permission was granted by the Patriarch of Constantinople to establish this Western Rite Church church on its own as the ''Synod of Orthodox Bishops of the Western Rite'' with parishes and monasteries in America, Great Britain and Yugoslavia. In 1973, after the repose of Abp. Palladios, these churches severed all communications with the [[Ecumenical Patriarchate]] due to latter's allegedly extensive involvement in [[ecumenism]]. It was this year Schema-Abbot John (LoBue) was elected by the St. Dunstan community, and the abbey was relocated to West Milford, NJ.  In 1978, the name of the abbey was changed to ''Abbey of the Holy Name'' and, on [[September 21]], 1980, Schema-Abbot John was consecrated Bishop of the Northeast (USA) by First Hierarch Metropolitan Joseph and Archbishop Hilarion of Texas. Since then the abbey has housed the diocesan offices and the St. Gregory Orthodox Liturgical Press. Many ecclesiastical dignitaries have visited the abbey during its existence, including Archbishop [[Hilarion (Kapral) of Sydney|Hilarion of Australia]] ([[ROCOR]]) and Bishop Germain of Saint-Denis ([[Orthodox Church of France|ECOF]]). Schema-Bishop Theodore (Irtel) of Old Valaam lived the last 7 years of his life at the abbey and reposed there on [[November 21]], 1997. ===Current=== In 1997, the bishops of the [[Holy Synod of Milan]], which had by then received a second [[Tomos]] confirming their autonomy in connection with the Church of Ukraine (Kiev Patriarchate) by Patriarch Voldymir of Kiev, received the bishops of the Western Rite Synod into the [[Holy Synod of Milan]] by a new granting of [[ordination]] and this choice led to the final break of any relationship between Milan and Kiev.. At the same time, Bishop John, who had served as ''[[locum tenens]]'' for First Hierarch after the repose of Metropolitan Joseph in 1990, was given the position of Archbishop of New York and New Jersey. He retained this title after being received into the [[Holy Synod of Milan]] through chierothesia (often viewed as a 'confirmatory' or 'conditional' ordinations). Afterward, the American Archdiocese were granted autonomy, and the Milan Synod in Europe, effective April 4, 2011, ceased communion with the new Metropolia due to the Milan Synod's insistence on union with the Patriarch of Moscow, and the Sister Synod's refusal to accept such a union. ==Western Rite work and Services== The monastery has been [[Western Rite]] for virtually the whole of its existence. Originally using the Tridentine liturgy with Overbeck's modifications (which combined forms the basis of the [[Liturgy of St. Gregory]],) the monastery began the pioneering work of translating the services of the [[Sarum Rite]], a process that took over two decades. In 1993, the ''Medieval Monastic Psalter'' was published in a series of over thirty volumes, employing the traditional language used in the West for centuries in an Orthodox text. The texts contain all the parts needed to employ the full cycle of services and Divine Liturgy used in the pre-schism Sarum Rite, thus making the texts the first completely translated pre-schism Western liturgies in centuries. The monastery continues to sponsor Western rite initiatives and missions in the Archdiocese through the provision of texts and translations provided on the basis of need, and also guides the Western Rite missions of the [[Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of North and South America and the British Isles]], and assists with those who seek information about the ancient Western rite. The monastery itself still uses the Sarum rite for the daily cycle of services. The cylce of services at those associated with traditional Western practices in many monastaries prior to the Great Schism, which include the regular canonical hours, as well as the Hours of the Virgin, followed by a daily Liturgy or dry mass depending upon the circumstances. In 2008, the texts of the ''Medieval Monastic Psalter'' were approved for use in the [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia]]. ==External link==*[http://holynameabbey.org Abbey of the Holy Name website]*[http://milansynodusa.org/press.html St Gregory's Press], the publishing arm of the Archdiocese, operated by Holy Name Abbey [[Category:Western Rite]][[Category:Old Calendarist Monasteries|Holy]][[Category:Monasteries|Holy]]