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feasts=''unknownUnknown''|website=[http://www.rocororthodoxresurgence.orgco.au/stpetrocmonasteryuk/ Petroc website]

Saint '''Petroc Monastery is ''' was 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 The current [[omophorion]] of His Grace Archbishop [[Hilarion (Kapral) of Sydneysuperior]]is Fr. The current superior is Hieromonk [[Michael (Mansbridge-Wood)|Michael]], and has been assigned follows the primary task Sarum practise of attracting Australians of Anglo-Celtic background to Orthodoxy using the [[Western Rite]] of the Orthodox Church.

The present accommodation is very small==History==Saint Petroc Monastery was founded in 1992 as an Anglo-Catholic monastery. In 1995 it turned to Orthodoxy and, with a small chapelunder instruction, on was placed under the lower slopes direction of Mount WellingtonPatriarch [[Ignatius IV (Hazim) of Antioch|Ignatius IV of Antioch]]. The Monastery has In 1997, the mechanism for attached monastery missions 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 parishesNew 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 has Fr [[Barry Jefferies]], a married priest doing Orthodox Chaplaincy work associated with Fr Michael, were baptised and ordained by Abp Hilarion to this end[http://stpetrocabbeyfaq.blogspot.com.au]. The Monastery also received permission to create attached monastery missions and [[parish]]es. In 1998, the university and seamenmonastery began one of these attached missions in Launceston, named for St. Stephen.

==Timeline==*1992 - Saint Petroc Monastery founded as an Anglo-Catholic monastery.*1997 - The monastery approachesIn 2001, and was received, by Archbishop [[Hilarion (Kapral) of Sydney|Hilarion (Kapral)]] into the [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia]].*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; though this service concludes after the University of Tasmania sells their faith centre.*In 2003 - , the Saint Colman Prayer Book, compiled by the monastery, is authorised for use in ROCOR.*2004 In June of the next year, the Monastery calls a meeting of Western Rite clergy in Australia and New Zealand - Monasterywhich included the priests attached to the monastery and two [[Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia, New Zealand, along with and All Oceania|Antiochian]] clergy - to discuss the future of Western Rite in Australasia. On [[November 19]], 2010, Hieromonk Michael is made the Assistant to the Metropolitan for Western Ritecommunities in the UK, Australia and New Zealand, while Dom [[James (Deschene)]] was made the Assistant to the Metropolitan for Western Rite communities in the United States of America and Canada. On [[May 23]], 2011, Hieromonk Michael is suspended by Metropolitan Hilarion for public defamation of brother [[clergy from Australia ]]. This was lifted around late June, with Hmk Michael restricted simply to caring for his flock in Tasmania. On [[February 13]], 2013, Hieromonk Michael is suspended and retired by Metropolitan [[Hilarion (Kapral) of New ZealandYork|Hilarion]] due to canonical violations, neglect (through absence) of St Dyfan's parish in Hobart, and "bringing disrepute to the Orthodox witness of the Western Rite movement" through his online interactions. On the 31st of March, he announced that "[o]n the 15th of March, participates [he] was notified in writing of [his] reception by his eminence [sic], Metropolitan Daniel of the Metropolitanate of Moscow (TOC-R). This was followed by the necessary decrees. The decrees stated that [he is] a meeting for Hieromonk of Metropolitan Daniel's diocese, resident in the United Kingdom". This reception means the future departure of Hieromonk Michael and St Petroc Monastery from the Church. It is notable to mention that St Dyfan's, the Western Rite community in Hobart, chose to remain in AustralasiaROCOR under the care of Fr [[Barry Jeffries]].

*[http://wwworthodoxwesternrite.orthodoxresurgencewordpress.co.ukcom/'A site of St Petroc/ Monastery homepage']*[http://wwwstpetrocabbeyfaq.rocorblogspot.orgcom.au/stpetrocmonastery Archdiocesan homepageSaint Petroc Monastery, Hobart, Tasmania. A ROCOR missionary initiative.]*[http://www.kingstonfacebook.orgcom/frmichael.au/utas_chaplaincy/ Chaplaincy of University of Tasmaniahieromonk FrMichael Hieromonk Facebook page], where Fr Michael is the Orthodox Chaplain and conducts services. {{AustralianMonasteries}}